Weerasuriya v. Manamperi – sllr 1992 volume 1 page 031

In the case between Swarna Manamperi (plaintiff-respondent, representing the late M. Manamperi) and Lalitha Padmini Weerasuriya (defendant-appellant, representing the late G. B. Weerasuriya), the court addressed whether the defendant-appellant became a statutory tenant by operation of law under section 36 of the Rent Act, or if the premises were let after the commencement of the Act, impacting the required notice period for recovery of possession. It was held that no fresh tenancy had been entered into, and the defendant-appellant succeeded to tenancy by operation of law, rendering the six-month notice provided under section 22(1)(bb) legally valid. The principle reaffirmed is that statutory tenancy, as opposed to a fresh contract post-commencement of the Act, governs the required notice p