Kumarage Nilmini Soba Ranasinghe vs Prema Ratnayake – CA 757/2004-2012

In the case between Kumarage Nilmini Soba Ranasinghe (Plaintiff) and Prema Ratnayake, Martin Wijeyasinghe, Jayalath Aratchiga Wijeyawardena, and Maggie Weerasuriya (Defendants), the court addressed the correctness of a partition decree for the land known as “ANNASIWATTA.” The central legal issue concerned whether the 1st Defendant’s share was improperly considered as transferred by deed No. 3320 in prior proceedings, and whether the interlocutory decree was valid given alleged procedural and substantive errors regarding title evaluation. It was held that a miscarriage of justice had occurred because the District Judge failed to properly investigate the titles of the parties, resulting in an erroneous partition. Relying on legal precedents and statutory requirements mandating thorough scrut