Thirimamuni Badra Wattegama vs. Jasin Basthiyan Arachchige Karunawathie – SC APPEAL 74/2017-2023

In the case between Thirimamuni Badra Wattegama (substituted Plaintiff, with associated parties) and Jasin Basthiyan Arachchige, Widana Pathiranage Seetha, and others (Defendants), the central legal issue addressed was whether the 3rd Defendant had acquired prescriptive title to the land in dispute—specifically Lot 2, and by extension Lot 3—through continuous adverse possession. The court determined that the 3rd Defendant had, by maintaining uninterrupted and adverse possession for over ten years commencing from 1963, satisfied the legal requirements to acquire prescriptive title to the corpus of the land. The reasoning relied on analysis of evidentiary records, deeds, and precedent cases such as Silva v. Zoysa and Mallika Achchillage Ranhamy v. Wellera Achchillage Singha Appuhamy, and hel