Anulawathie Gunathilake vs K.C. Piyasena Dias – CA NO. 529/96 F -2016

In the case between Anulawathie Gunathilake (substituted by Eugene Gerald Abeykoon) and K.C. Piyasena Dias (substituted by N.W.K.L. Indrajith Mohan Dias and others), the court addressed whether the defendants acquired title to lots 2A and 2B by prescription under section 3 of the Prescription Ordinance. The appeal centered on whether the District Court erred in finding prescriptive title in favor of the defendants and whether the requirements for proving adverse possession had been properly assessed. It was held that the defendants established acts of adverse possession dating back to 1976, that the burden shifted to the defendants to prove prescriptive title once the plaintiff’s title was asserted, and that the District Court’s approach and legal application were correct. The holding reaf