Ranasinghe Arachchige Sanath Udayakumara Ranasinghe vs Kankanige Siripala and others – CA PHC APN 139/2023-2025

In the case between Ranasinghe Arachchige Sanath Udayakumara Ranasinghe (Petitioner-Respondent-Petitioner) and Kankanige Siripala, Chandrasekara Herath Mudiyanselage Sunil Chandrasekara, Kankani Dilani Nisansala (Respondents), the court addressed the issue of the right-of-way to a property, centering on a revision application that challenged prior court orders related to the Petitioner’s access being obstructed. It was held that the alleged exceptional circumstances presented, including claims of public importance, unavailability of alternative remedies, and delays due to health, did not meet the legal threshold to justify the exercise of revisionary jurisdiction in the presence of a pending appeal. The principle reaffirmed is that revisionary powers are invoked only in truly exceptional c