Subramaniam Asokan vs Alawala Dewage Premalal – SC APPEAL 185/2014-2014

In the case between Subramaniam Asokan (and related appellants/respondents) and Alawala Dewage Premalal Siriwardana, the court addressed the issue of whether valid title to the disputed property was derived by the Plaintiff through inheritance and subsequent transfers from co-heirs, considering the procedural requirements outlined in Section 547 of the Civil Procedure Code. It was held that, notwithstanding technical non-compliance with Section 547 pertaining to testamentary proceedings after intestate death, the underlying legal title obtained by the Plaintiff remained valid. The court reaffirmed the principle that procedural irregularities in matters of intestate succession do not, by themselves, invalidate succession rights if substantive inheritance can be evidenced. Reliance was place