Herath Mudiyanselage Podi Nilame & Others v Walpola Kankanamalage Gunarathne & Others – SC APPEAL 52/2018-2018

In the case between Herath Mudiyanselage Podi Nilame and others (plaintiffs) and Walpola Kankanamalage Gunarathne, E.N. Margret Nona (deceased), Hapuarachchilage Susantha Rohan Hapuarachchi, and others (defendants), the Supreme Court addressed the issue of proper identification of land subject to partition under the Partition Law. It was held that the land described in the schedule to the plaint and depicted in the Preliminary Plan had been correctly identified as the corpus for partition, notwithstanding disputes regarding the measurement conversions and boundaries. The judgment reaffirmed the principle that adequate compliance with the requirements of the Partition Law—specifically sections 16, 18, and 19—regarding the identification of the subject land is critical in partition proceedin