Kandiah & Another v. Kanapathipillai & Another – sllr 1982 volume 1 page 084

In the case between Kandiah & Another (Plaintiffs-Respondents) and Kanapathipillai & Another (Defendants-Petitioners), the court addressed the appropriate statutory procedure for handling interruption of possession and subsequent contempt proceedings under the Civil Procedure Code, specifically regarding the applicability of sections 325, 326, and 330 and the retrospective effect of amendments to the CPC. It was held that the amended procedures introduced by Act No. 53 of 1980 could not be applied retrospectively to acts interrupting possession which occurred after delivery by the Fiscal. The findings established that the District Judge’s conviction and sentence for contempt were improperly imposed, but the order granting possession to the Plaintiffs-Respondents would remain undisturbed. T