Wickremagedera Ranhamy v. Wickremagedera Karunarathne Wickremage – SC APPEAL NO-144/2015-2015

In the case between Wickremagedera Ranhamy (original plaintiff, substituted by the 1st defendant/respondent-appellant) and the 7th defendant (inter alia, including multiple intervening defendants/appellants), the court addressed the issue of entitlement to shares in the lands described as “Polgahakumbura” and “Polgahakumburawatta,” specifically focusing on the ownership, interpretation of title deeds, and validity of prescriptive claims. It was held that only lot 2 of the preliminary plan formed part of the corpus, entitling the plaintiff and the 1st defendant to 3/8 shares each, with the remainder reserved for the heirs of Kaluhamy, while the prescriptive title claim by the 7th defendant was unsupported by evidence. The decision reaffirmed the principle that clear, cogent, and independent