Haleema Umma v. Abdul Rahuman – sllr 1999 volume 2 page 293

In the case between the petitioner-appellant, the deceased’s sister (challenging the will), and the respondent (executor of Haji Asia Umma’s Last Will), the court addressed the validity of the probate process and the District Court’s jurisdiction to recall probate based on the language of notice publication. The core issues were whether service of an order nisi in a Sinhala newspaper invalidated the probate if the appellant allegedly could not understand Sinhala, and whether sections 536 and 537 of the Civil Procedure Code permitted the District Court to recall probate in these circumstances. The holding established that the District Court lacked jurisdiction to recall probate once granted upon an order nisi, especially when the finding regarding language comprehension lacked reliable evid