Ummu Yasmin Mulafer vs. Merinnage Rupika Wijesingha and P. Sunil Lakshman Fernando – SC APPEAL NO: 23/2019-2022

In the case between Ummu Yasmin Mulafer (Plaintiff/Appellant/Respondent) and Merinnage Rupika Wijesingha, P. Sunil Lakshman Fernando (Defendants/Respondent/Petitioners), the Supreme Court addressed whether the Plaintiff’s documentary title, obtained via Deed No. 16 dated 21/01/2008, supersedes the 1st Defendant’s claim of prescriptive title. The dispute centered on the sufficiency of evidence proving possession and the satisfaction of legal requirements for acquiring title through prescription. The property passed through a series of transfers before reaching the Plaintiff, while the 1st Defendant claimed uninterrupted possession exceeding ten years. Upon review of documentary and oral evidence and application of legal principles relating to adverse possession and prescription, it was dete