Warnakula Ediriweera Patabendige Podinona v. Ediriweera Patabendige Uparis Singho et al. – CALA 498/2006-2016

In the matter of Warnakula Ediriweera Patabendige Podinona (Plaintiff) versus Ediriweera Patabendige Uparis Singho and others (Defendants), including Denagama Vithanage Danny De Silva as Defendant-Petitioner, the court examined an application for leave to appeal under Section 754(2) of the Civil Procedure Code, contesting orders confirming a final partition plan in a longstanding partition suit. The central issue concerned whether grounds existed to set aside or alter final and interlocutory decrees, particularly following allegations of injustice in the partition scheme and improper allocation of ancestral property and road access. The findings established that, pursuant to Section 48 of the Partition Act, such decrees could only be modified upon clear evidence of fraud, collusion, fundam