Perera v. Perera – CA 1171/99 F -1999

In the case between Kegalla Vithanalage Noel Perera (Plaintiff/Appellant) and Margret Perera K.W., Ananda Perera, among others (Defendants/Respondents), the court addressed whether the District Court correctly permitted an amendment under Section 189 of the Civil Procedure Code concerning the allotment of a house and plantations in a partition action. It was determined that such amendment exceeded the permissible scope of Section 189, which confines corrections to clerical or arithmetical errors and accidental slips, rather than substantive alterations to a judgment. The principle reaffirmed is that substantive changes to a partition decree must be pursued under the procedure established by the Partition Act. This decision relied on the interpretation of Section 189 of the Civil Procedure