Sinna Lebbe Saliya Umma vs Shahul Hameed Mohammed Yaseen et al. – SC APPEAL 99/2014-2018

In the case between Sinna Lebbe Saliya Umma (Plaintiff) and Shahul Hameed Mohammed Yaseen, Zainul Abdeen Mohammed Naufer, and Mohammed Saly Mohammed Musthafa (Defendants), the court addressed the issue of whether the Plaintiff’s application under Section 325(1) of the Civil Procedure Code seeking a declaration that a deed of transfer was void and ordering the ejectment of the Defendant had been filed within the prescribed time limit. It was held that the computation of the period prescribed by statute must exclude the day of resistance and include the final day for filing. This judgment reaffirmed the legal principle that, where statutory language requires calculation of a period “from” a certain date, the initial day is excluded, in accordance with interpretation statutes and established