Sri Lanka Savings Bank Ltd v. Global Tea Lanka (Pvt) Ltd – SC APPEAL NO. 171/2015-2019

In the case between Sri Lanka Savings Bank Ltd. (Plaintiff – Appellant) and Global Tea Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, Narayana Mudiyanselage Manjula Narayana, and Narayana Mudiyanselage Indra Padmakanthi (Defendant – Respondents), the court addressed whether the correct trial date for compliance with section 121(2) of the Civil Procedure Code was 08-05-2012 or 08-06-2012, following a court-approved motion to reschedule. The holding determined that the Plaintiff complied with statutory filing requirements, as the operative “date fixed for the trial” was the rescheduled date. The principle reaffirmed is that a trial date altered by mutual motion becomes the new date for procedural compliance. Precedents and statutory interpretation of section 121(2) of the Civil Procedure Code were relied upon, emphasizin