Ileperuma Arachchige Edwin Perera Gunathilaka vs Dona Yasawathie Weerakkodi – SC APPEAL 27/2011-2018

Brief
In the case between Ileperuma Arachchige Edwin Perera Gunathilaka (Plaintiff/Appellant, with substituted parties) and the 8th Defendant Appellant, the 32A Defendant Respondent Appellant, and several other respondents, the legal issue centered on whether the District Judge’s order in a partition proceeding constituted a final judgment thereby not requiring leave to appeal under Section 36A of the Partition Law, or whether such leave was required before appealing. The holding established that the District Judge’s order confirming the final scheme of partition was final in nature, thereby not subject to the procedural bar of leave under Section 36A. The principle affirmed that a final partition order concludes the action for appellate purposes under the Partition Law, relying on Section