Collin Pulle Victor Pulle et al. v. K M Podihamine et al. – CA 1029/96 F-2011

In the case between K M Podihamine (Plaintiff-Respondent) and Collin Pulle Victor Pulle (1st Defendant-Petitioner-Appellant), alongside W P R M Wijithawathie, W P R M Wimalawathie, W P R M Heenmanike, W P R M Wijepala, Kuruppu A Wijewardena (Petitioner-Appellant), and others, the court considered the entitlement of the defendants to unallotted shares in a partition action. It was held that the applicants had not established entitlement to re-allotment or division of the unallotted shares, with the rejection of these applications attributed to insufficient evidence and procedural missteps, specifically the use of a substantive appeal instead of the required interlocutory process. The decision reaffirmed the principle that substantive appellate relief cannot be granted where strict procedura