Rev. Dharmatilleka Thero v. Rev. Buddharakkita Thero – sllr 1993 volume 1 page 405

In the case between Arama Dhammatilake Thero (Plaintiff) and Batuwanhena Buddharakkita Thero (Defendant), the issue concerned succession to the Viharadhipathiship of the temple at Kaluwamodera, Aluthgama. The principal legal question addressed was whether the defendant’s Upasampada Declaration (P10) could displace the prima facie evidentiary value of the earlier Samanera Declaration (P3) concerning the identification of the robing tutors, particularly regarding the role of Jinarama Thero. It was held that P10, when considered alongside P3, sufficiently established Jinarama Thero as a robing tutor for the defendant, thus validating his claim to succession under the Sisyanu Sisya Paramparawa rule. The appeal was dismissed with costs, reaffirming the evidentiary significance of contemporaneou