K.A. Padmasiri vs Officer-In-Charge, Police Station Kahawatta – CA PHC 47/2016-2022

In the matter between K.A. Padmasiri (2nd Party-Petitioner-Appellant) and the Officer-in-Charge, Police Station, Kahawatta, with Kodithuwakku Arachchilage Dharmasiri and M.M. Podimanike (1st Party-Respondent-Respondent) among others, the court addressed whether the Magistrate and the High Court were justified in awarding possession of disputed land to the 1st Party and in denying the 2nd Party’s revision application. It was held that no error or exceptional circumstance was established warranting appellate intervention, and the principle that revisionary jurisdiction is exercised only in cases of grave injustice or manifest illegality was reaffirmed. Reliance was placed on the Primary Courts’ Procedure Act and prior authority regarding the limited scope of revisionary relief, underscoring