Bandarawathie Jayasinghe vs. Ariyadasa and Others – CA 412/95-1995

In the case between J.M.S. Bandarawathie Jayasinghe, J.M.W. Bandawathie Jayasinghe (substituted by E.M. Anoma Tamarakumari Amithirigala, E.M. Damayanthi Pushpakumari Amithirigala, E.M. Damayanthi Amithirigala) and B.L. Ariyadasa, K.A. Chandradasa, and others, the court addressed whether the 20th Defendant, K.A. Chandradasa—who was not added as a party to a partition action for failing to pay required costs—could invoke the appellate or revisionary jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal. It was determined that the Appellant failed to comply with procedural requirements under the Partition Act and did not provide sufficient justification for the exercise of revisionary jurisdiction. The findings established that no exceptional circumstances or miscarriage of justice existed to warrant revision.