Madurasinghe v. Madurasinghe – sllr 1988 volume 2 page 142

In the case between the plaintiff (respondent)—a party claiming entitlement as successor to land attributed to Haramanis Perera—and the defendant (appellant), his half-sister and a bona fide improver of the property, the court addressed the validity of nominations and delayed registration under Section 60 of the Land Development Ordinance. The principal issue concerned whether a nomination of the defendant as successor, registered posthumously, satisfied statutory requirements, and whether the doctrines of “lex non cogit ad impossibilia” and “nunc pro tunc” could validate such a delay. The findings established that omission of Richard, the eldest child, in nomination records implied his predecease, and the plaintiff was deemed the eldest surviving child. It was determined that the legal ma