Sabareen Corera vs Ganendralingam Sri Vidyadevi – SC APPEAL 151/2014-2024

The case between Ganendralingam Sri Vidyadevi and S. Tharmathasan addressed the issues of statutory limitation for execution and procedural irregularities in a property eviction dispute. The sequence of events commenced with an agreement permitting occupancy until May 11, 1996, followed by the filing of an application for a writ of execution when the defendant failed to vacate the premises as agreed. It was determined that the operative date for the ten‐year statutory period under Section 337 of the Civil Procedure Code was May 11, 1996, that the application was filed within the permissible time frame, and that the District Court order was interlocutory rather than final. The judgment thereby directed the issuance of the writ of execution and awarded costs, reaffirming the principle that s