Letchumy Suntharanathan vs Sellathangam Logitharajah – SC/APPEAL/194/2014-2025

In the case between Janaththany Logitharajah (Plaintiff/Appellant) and Letchumy Suntharanathan and Suntharanathan Premini (Defendant/Respondent), the court examined issues relating to the declaration of title, the ejectment of occupants from the land, claims of prescriptive possession, and the propriety of lower court judgments. It was held that the plaintiff failed to establish exclusive title, and the defendant’s prescriptive possession was upheld, thereby affirming the principle that prescriptive rights require careful evidentiary evaluation regarding possession and absence of leave or licence. The decision relied on statutory provisions governing prescriptive title and judicial scrutiny of evidentiary requirements, reaffirming that a party claiming title must substantiate ownership and