Gamage Kusumalatha Perera and Gamage Swarnalatha Perera v. Pushpa Damayanthi Ranasinghe and Others – CA APPLICATION NO.439/98-F-2015

In the case between Gamage Kusumalatha Perera and Gamage Swarnalatha Perera (Defendants-Appellants) and Pushpa Damayanthi Ranasinghe, Anoma Priyanthi Ranasinghe, Jayasiri Padma Kumara Ranasinghe, and Chandrani Jesmi Ranasinghe (Plaintiffs-Respondents), the court addressed the issue of whether a declaration of title and ejectment granted by the District Court against the defendants was valid, considering procedural objections around adoption of evidence and representation by counsel. It was held that the plaintiffs-respondents satisfactorily proved title to the property and the procedural objections raised by the defendants-appellants lacked merit, since both defendants had consented to the proceedings and any failure to object at the proper time amounted to their own negligence. The key le