Singanipurage Kusuma Rajapakse vs Rajapakse Hunuge Evsa et al. – SC APPEAL 87/2002-2016

The case between Singanipurage Kusuma Rajapakse (Plaintiff-Respondent) and multiple Rajapakse defendants (including both appellants and respondents), addressed the issue of the proper remedy and factual determination in a partition dispute over a tract of land. It was held that the findings of the trial judge regarding the land’s extent, as described in the preliminary plan and the amended plaint, should not be disturbed, and that the appropriate legal remedy for the defendants was an appeal rather than a revision application. The principle reaffirmed was that appellate review is the prescribed course under the Civil Procedure Code in such matters. The decision relied on the statutory framework governing appeals and revision applications and emphasized the finality of factual findings abse