Rajakannagedera Senarath Wijesinghe vs. Rajakannagedera Lalith Chandana Thusitha Kumara and others – SC APPEAL 117/2017-2022

Brief
In the case between Rajakannagedera Lalith Chandana, Thusitha Kumara, and co-parties (including Manathunga Arachchilage Piyadasa and family) as plaintiffs-respondents and Rajakannagedera Senarath Wijesinghe as defendant-appellant, the Supreme Court addressed the allocation of shares in a disputed property comprising land with a thatched house later converted into two boutique premises and a copra hut. The decision focused on whether improvements and deed transfers conferred exclusive or partial ownership, the legality of share allocation by the trial and appellate courts, and the proper application of property law principles including omne quod inaedificatur solo, solo cedit and the maxim exceptio rei venditae et traditae. It was held that the appellant was entitled to a one-half sha