Sendanayake Kankanamlage Don Welis Perera vs Vithanage Lal Siriwansa Perera – CA RII/MT/02/2022-2022

In the case between Miss Nalini Sandanayake (substituted as the 1st B substituted defendant) and Vithanage Lal Siriwansa Perera (with other associated parties), the court addressed the issue of whether an interlocutory decree, erroneously amended in contradiction with an earlier judgment and a Supreme Court settlement, should be corrected under the revisionary jurisdiction and the doctrine of restitutio in integrum. It was held that the interlocutory decree should be amended to conform with the original judgment and the settlement reached in the Supreme Court, reinforcing the principle that court decrees must accurately reflect substantive judicial determinations and lawful settlements. This determination referenced the powers of revisionary jurisdiction and established precedents regardin