Peduru Ranepura Hewage Sami Nona and Siriwardhana Durage Nandasiri vs Maha Durage Nandani Chandrika – CA PHC/110/2006-2017

The case between Peduru Ranepura Hewage Sami Nona and Maha Durage Nandani Chandrika concerned whether the Complainant-Respondent was entitled to possession of the disputed land, and if the order of the Primary Court Judge, subsequently affirmed by the Provincial High Court, warranted revision or reversal. It was held that the Complainant-Respondent had established entitlement to possession under section 66(1)(b) of the Primary Courts Procedure Act, and that neither the appeal nor earlier revision application demonstrated sufficient merit to disturb the prior findings. The decision reaffirmed the provisional and preventative nature of proceedings under the Primary Courts Procedure Act, and established that appellate interventions are unwarranted in the absence of manifest error or injustic