Enderutennagedara Shahul Hameed Siththy Faiza and others vs Son of Nagolle Gedera Appuhamy, M.M. Podibanda – SC/APPEAL/165/2016-2025

In the case between Enderutennagedara Shahul Hameed and several petitioners (including Siththy Faiza and Mohamed Nawfil et al.) as appellants, and respondents such as Son of Nagolle Gedera Appuhamy and Thalawinne Gedera Kiri Menike, the court addressed the issue of land title ownership and the assertion of prescriptive title by long-term possessors. It was determined that the defendants had acquired a valid prescriptive title to the property in question, thereby satisfying the legal requirements for adverse possession from 1975 to 1990. This holding reaffirmed the principle that possession, if uninterrupted for the necessary period and under a claim of right, leads to the acquisition of title by prescription under relevant statutes. The decision relied on interpretations of the Prescriptio