Udugama Korala lage Dayasena vs Udugama Koralalage Piyasena – CA RI: 05/2018-2021

In the case between Udugama Koralalage Dayasena (Plaintiff/Respondent) and Udugama Koralalage Piyasena (Defendant/Respondent), along with petitioners Punchinona Habakkalahewa and Wadduwa Palliya Gurunnanselage Don Deepthi Rathnapriya Senanayake, the court addressed whether parties whose land was allegedly included in the corpus of a partition action without proper identification could intervene and have previous decrees revised or set aside. It was held that the identification of the land in partition proceedings is fundamental; insufficient or defective identification undermines the integrity of the proceedings and can justify exceptional intervention, even on the application of parties not initially part of the action. The court reaffirmed the principle that accurate identification of th