Communication and Business Equipment (Pvt) Ltd. Vs. Lanka Lands Company Ltd. and others – CA CASE NO. 541/2000 F -2016

In the case between Kalukapuge Thomas Perera and multiple respondents, including Lanka Lands Company Ltd. and Communication and Business Equipment (Pvt) Ltd., the court addressed whether substitution of Communication and Business Equipment (Pvt) Ltd. as appellant was permissible in place of Lanka Lands Company Ltd., which had been struck off the company register. Central legal questions included the validity of a transfer of interest by the struck-off company when lis pendens was registered under the Partition Act and whether laches barred the petitioner’s claim. It was determined that section 66 of the Partition Act renders such transfers void once lis pendens is registered, and due to the delay in the substitution application, the petitioner’s request was refused. The principles reaffirm