Dharmapriya Rupasinghe et al. vs Sisira Kumara et al. – CA 376/2000-2014

In the case between Sisira Kumara and Kodithuwakku Arachchige Chandrarathna (Plaintiffs/Respondents) and Dharmapriya Rupasinghe, Kodithuwakku Arachchige Wijedasa (Defendants/Appellants), the court addressed whether the District Judge’s judgment satisfied the mandatory requirements of Section 187 of the Civil Procedure Code of Sri Lanka, particularly the obligation to give reasons for decisions on all issues raised at trial. It was held that the District Judge failed to comply with these procedural requirements by not addressing and giving reasons for all issues framed and accepted during the trial. The legal principle reaffirmed was that judgments must provide clear findings and reasoning on all issues, as established by previous case law and Section 187. The outcome led to the original ju