Ahamed Ismail Mohomed Smaid alias Ahamed Ismail Mohomed Savahir v. Mohomed Sali Husain Bari – DCF – CA APPEAL NO. 711/97 F -2021

The case between Ahamed Ismail Mohomed Smaid alias Ahamed Ismail Mohomed Savahir (plaintiff) and Mohomed Sali Husain Bari and K. V. Premadasa, later substituted by K.V.A. Nalika Sandamali (defendants), addressed the issue of competing claims to title over a portion of land known as “Pusselle Hene Deniya” in Eheliyagoda. The court held that the plaintiff had superior title derived through gifts, inheritance, statutory vesting under the Land Reform Law, and subsequent allocation by the Land Reform Commission, reaffirming the principle that statutory vesting and specific allocation of land under the Land Reform Law can override general claims by inheritance or prescription in circumstances where exclusive title is proven. This decision relied upon the operation of the Land Reform Law, Act No.