Ran-Naide vs Wimalasooriya – CA NO 1015/93 (F) -2014

In the case between Jayakodi Arachchige Ran-Naide (Plaintiff-Appellant) and Jayakodi Arachchige Priyanka Wimalasooriya (Defendant-Respondent), the court addressed the issue of whether the appeal was maintainable due to technical non-compliance concerning the revocation of an attorney’s proxy. It was determined that failure to properly revoke the original attorney’s proxy rendered the subsequent proxy and all appeal documents defective. The court held that such an error was not curable under the Civil Procedure Code, leading to the dismissal of the appeal with costs. The decision reaffirmed the principle that strict compliance with procedural requirements for revocation of proxies is essential, relying on Sections 5, 27, and 755 of the Civil Procedure Code and relevant case law. The outcome