Hewa Maddumage Mili Ungiammawatta, Parawehera vs. Hewa Maddumage Girigoris – CA RII/11/2022-2022

In the dispute involving Hewa Maddumage Mili (8th Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner) and several substituted plaintiffs and defendants, the court considered whether a revision and/or restitutio in integrum application could proceed after prior resolution of the same matter on appeal. It was determined that entertaining such a petition was impermissible, as the court may not sit in revision over its own judgments under Article 138 of the Constitution and Section 753 of the Civil Procedure Code. Notably, the nearly twenty-year delay in presenting the application negated the right to a discretionary remedy. Reliance was placed on precedents such as Stephan Gunaratne v. Thushara Indika Sampath and Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation v. Shanmugam, reaffirming the principle that courts must not re-adju