Jayakodi Arachchige Ran-Naide Budanapitiya vs Jayakodi Arachchige Priyanka Wimalasooriya – CA NO.1015/93-2014

In the case between Jayakodi Arachchige Ran-Naide (Plaintiff-Appellant) and Jayakodi Arachchige Priyanka Wimalasooriya (Defendant-Respondent), the court addressed the issue of whether the appeal by the 1st Substituted Plaintiff-Appellant was maintainable, focusing particularly on the validity of appeal documents filed under a new proxy while the proxy of the original attorney on record had not been properly revoked in accordance with Section 27 of the Civil Procedure Code. It was held that the failure to obtain a formal court order revoking the earlier proxy rendered the notice of appeal and petition of appeal invalid, thus requiring dismissal of the appeal. The decision reaffirmed the principle that due compliance with statutory procedural requirements governing legal representation is ma