Udalamaththa Gamage and others Vs. Hawpe Liyanage Ranjith Keerthilal Priyadarshana and others – C A PHC I 126/2008-2008

In the case between Udalamaththa Gamage Karunadasa, Lokunarangodage Dias, U G Jayasinghe (Respondent–Petitioner–Appellants) and Hawpe Liyanage Ranjith Keerthilal Priyadarshana (Petitioner–1st Respondent), the court addressed the issue of entitlement to a disputed right of way across land owned by the 1st Respondent, as well as the scope of appellate and revisionary jurisdiction in matters arising from section 66(1)(b) of the Primary Court Procedure Act No. 44 of 1979. It was held that appellate intervention is limited to errors in the exercise of revisionary jurisdiction by the Provincial High Court and does not extend to a re-examination of factual determinations made by the Primary Court. The decision reaffirmed that parties seeking revision must establish a clear right under law and can