Ama Prarthana Perera vs Don Dolawattege Isuru Indrachapa Navoda – CA NO. 179/2012-2012

In the case between Ama Prarthana Perera (defendant-petitioner) and Don Dolawattege Isuru Indrachapa Navoda Amarapala (plaintiff-respondent), the court examined whether an application to transfer a divorce action from the District Court of Anuradhapura to another court was justified on the ground that the defendant-petitioner, due to having an infant child, was unable to travel from Kandy to Anuradhapura. It was held that such personal inconvenience does not amount to sufficient reason to transfer proceedings from the court of proper jurisdiction, reaffirming the principle that convenience to a party alone is not grounds for transfer when jurisdiction is properly vested. The decision, grounded in established principles regarding court jurisdiction and transfer applications, emphasized the