Galkissa Dewage Suneetha Ranasinghe vs Pattiya Dewage Madilin Nona et al. – SC APPEAL NO. 03/09-2012

In the case between the Plaintiff-Petitioner-Respondent and the Defendant-Respondent-Petitioner, the court addressed the issue of whether a District Court’s order in a land boundary and ejectment dispute constitutes an “order having the effect of a final judgment” within the meaning of Section 754(5) of the Civil Procedure Code. The court determined that the order did not meet the criteria of a final judgment due to the continuing nature of proceedings and the subsisting counterclaim. It was established that the correct procedural route for challenging such interlocutory orders is under Section 754(2) of the Civil Procedure Code. Reference was made to key precedents, including Salaman v. Warner and Bozson v. Altrincham Urban District Council, reaffirming the principle of finality in judici