Godakawela Kankanamlage Sunil Jayarathne et al. vs. Maddegoda Vidaanelage Jayasinghe et al. – CA PHC 51/2018-2023

The case between Petitioners including Godakawela Kankanamlage Sunil Jayarathne and others, and Respondents including Maddegoda Vidaanelage Jayasinghe and Weediya Kapuraalalagee Heennilame, addressed the issue of entitlement to, and interference with, the use of a roadway that had served the Petitioners for an extended period. The court held that no exceptional circumstances existed to justify revising the orders favoring the Petitioners for uninterrupted use of the roadway, reaffirming the principle that established longstanding rights of way are protected unless cogent reasons warrant their removal. The decision relied on the Primary Court Procedure Act and precedents governing revision jurisdiction, emphasizing that factual and legal findings by lower courts, in the absence of compellin