Edirisingha Mudiyanselage Arachchilage Kanthi Manika vs Edirisingha Mudiyanselage Herath Banda – SC Appeal 115/2013-2025

In the matter between the Plaintiff-Respondent-Respondent and the Appellants (Edirisingha Mudiyanselage Kanthi Manika and Jayasingha Mudiyanselage Heenmanika), the court addressed the identification of the corpus in a partition action for ‘Aswaddume Kumbura’. The court held that the Plaintiff failed to adequately identify the corpus due to significant discrepancies in extent and boundaries, exacerbated by the inconclusive nature of surveyor’s reports and the District Judge’s selective reliance on evidence. This decision reaffirmed the principle that inconsistencies in land identification require reconciliation, particularly when traditional measures are significantly at odds with surveyed extents without a clear justification or claim of prescriptive title. The Supreme Court set aside lowe