Ramasamy Meenachchi vs Suppaiahdas Shanthi Wijeshwari – CA PHC 39/2003-2003

In the case between Suppaiahdas Shanthi Wijeshwari and Subramanium Sadasiwam alias Ayyan Perumal (Appellants) and Ramasamy Meenachchi (deceased, represented by substitution), S. Padmajodi, and P. Rajendrakumar alias Ravi (Respondents), the court addressed whether proper jurisdiction was assumed by the Primary Court Judge under Section 66(1)(b) of the Primary Courts Procedure Act No. 44 of 1979, in relation to an alleged breach of peace and dispossession arising from a land dispute at No. 14, Main Street, Nanuoya. It was held that a Primary Court Judge should determine the potential for breach of peace based on affidavits and material presented, and imminent breach is not strictly required, but a likelihood suffices. The Court of Appeal found the jurisdictional threshold was satisfied, the