Lokuthambugala Ralalage Somawathi and others Vs. Rankiri Pathirage Yasaseeli Uparanjani and others – CA RII/0001/2020-2020

In the case between Lokuthambugala Ralalage Somawathi, Rankiri Pathirannehalage Saman Nilantha, and others (petitioners) and Rankiri Pathirage Yasaseeli Uparanjani, Rankiri Pathirage Nancy Nona, and others (plaintiff–respondents and defendant–respondents), the court addressed the issue of whether Lot No. 01 was improperly included in the partition corpus in District Court of Pugoda Case No. 747/P, and whether related decrees should be set aside or amended. It was held that both interlocutory and final decrees should be amended to exclude Lot No. 01 from the corpus, affirming the principle that all parties with a legal interest in partitioned land must be duly notified and included, and that the inclusion of property without notice, based on collusion or fraud, entitles aggrieved parties to