Hembanapura Sonali Nelunga de Silva and Hembanapura Haresh Nilanka de Silva vs. Lalith Rohana Edirisingha, Sunitha Nandani Chandrasekera, Waranukuwanna Waduge Don Malrani Iranganie Mala Perera, and Sajith Thumal Panduwawala – SC APPEAL NO. 71/2014-2016

In the case between Hembanapura Sonali Nelunga de Silva and Hembanapura Haresh Nilanka de Silva (Plaintiffs) and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Defendants (including the property transferee as 3rd Defendant Appellant), the court addressed the validity of a land sale executed by executors under a Last Will, the presence of fraud or breach of trust in that sale, and the applicability of the laesio enormis doctrine in a transaction involving a third-party purchaser. The court determined that the evidence did not establish fraud or collusion on the part of the 3rd Defendant Appellant and that the doctrine of laesio enormis, which typically governs transactions between vendors and vendees, was inapplicable to a bona fide third-party purchaser in this context. Accordingly, the Supreme Court set aside the