Sumanawathie v. Bandiya and Others – sllr 2003 volume 3 page 278

In the case between Sumanawathie (plaintiff/respondent) and Bandiya among others, including the 2nd defendant-appellant, the court addressed whether the non-registration or defective registration of the lis pendens, and non-compliance with Section 12(1) of the Partition Law, constituted a fatal defect in the partition action. It was held that such defects in registration do not provide sufficient grounds to overturn the District Judge’s findings. The court also examined the pedigree and original ownership of the property, determining based on evidence that the lower court had correctly found the property to have originally belonged to the plaintiff/respondent. Precedents and statutory provisions were considered, reaffirming the principle that technical defects in lis pendens registration d