Iyathurai Kulenthiran et al. vs. Iyathurai Perinpanayagam et al. – SC APPEAL NO. 148/2018-2023

In the case between Iyathurai Kulenthiran (through power of attorney Kumunthan Vijitha), Rathinam Kumunthan, and Vijitha (Plaintiff-Respondent-Appellants) and Iyathurai Perinpanayagam with Selvarasa Selvarooban (Defendant-Petitioner-Respondent and Added Respondent), the court addressed the issue of whether the addition of an interested party after appellate proceedings had commenced was permissible, specifically in the context of determining the ownership and trust status of a passenger bus. It was held that the Added-Respondent, Selvarasa Selvarooban, was not a necessary party to the proceedings, as his interest in the disputed asset was acquired subsequent to the litigation and he was not party to prior actions. This reaffirmed the principle that only parties whose legal interests are di