Wewegedarage Lilli et al. vs. Paseema Durage Saviya et al. – SC/APPEAL/132/2015-2024

In the case between Wewegedarage Lilli, Wewegedarage Hemapala, Wewegedarage Seetha Ranjanee, Wewegedarage Neil Chandana (and others) and parties including Paseema Durage and Wedikkarage, the court addressed the issue of whether Lot 3 of the land Ketakelagahawatta should be excluded from the partition action, the accuracy of property boundaries, and the validity of a prescriptive title claim by the 9th defendant. It was held that Lot 3 should not be separated from the partition corpus, the property boundaries as per the Preliminary Plan were accurate, and the claim of prescriptive title failed. The principle reaffirmed was that partition actions should encompass the entirety of the land under dispute when boundaries and claims are properly established. The decision relied on the analysis of