Nawinna Kottage Dona Lalitha Padmini and Wellalagodage Ganga Geeth Kumara vs N.K.D. Pradeepa Nishanthi Kumari, Dammika Weerakoon, and National Housing Development Authority – SC HC/CA/LA NO. 134/2016-2018

In the case between Nawinna Kottage Dona Lalitha Padmini and Wellalagodage Ganga Geeth Kumara (Plaintiff–Respondents) and N.K.D. Pradeepa Nishanthi Kumari, Dammika Weerakoon, and the National Housing Development Authority (Defendant–Appellants), the Supreme Court addressed whether a time bar objection to an appeal, grounded in sections 755(3) and 758(2) of the Civil Procedure Code, could be validly raised for the first time during Supreme Court proceedings. It was held that participation in the Provincial High Court proceedings without raising the time bar objection constituted a waiver of the right to challenge on these grounds. The legal principle reaffirmed is that procedural objections such as time bars must be raised at the earliest opportunity, and acquiescence or participation witho