T.M. Madduma Banda Tennakoon vs T.M. Tillekeratne Banda Tennakoon – CA 214/1994/F-2023

In the case between substituted Plaintiff Respondents (including members of the Tennakoon family) and Defendant-Appellant T. M. Tillekeratne Banda Tennakoon, along with additional Defendant Respondents/Petitioners (such as W. M. Podimenike and R. M. Dharmasena Ratnayake), the court addressed the validity of deed of transfer P5 under the amended Land Development Ordinance and whether the previous judgment improperly declared it null and void. It was determined that the prior decision was rendered per incuriam, due to oversight of statutory amendments and the specific relief sought. The relief regarding deed P5 was found to be awarded in error, and only deed P4 was properly declared void. The principle of actus neminem gravabit was affirmed, ensuring that relief is correctly confined to part