Wickramasinghe v. Robert Banda and Others – sllr 2006 volume 1 page 246

In the case between Wickramasinghe (the appellant) and Robert Banda and others (the respondents), the court addressed issues under Kandyan Law concerning the inheritance rights of a daughter married in diga and the succession rights of an illegitimate child to maternal grandfather’s property. It was held that the appellant was not entitled to inherit as the conditions required for re-acquisition of inheritance rights were not fulfilled. The principle that marriage in diga results in forfeiture of inheritance rights was reaffirmed, and the prior decision in Appuhamy vs. Lapaya was found to be erroneous for the present circumstances. The appeal was allowed, reversing the judgments of the lower courts, with no order as to costs.

Bandaranayake J. — The analysis focused on the operation of Ka