Kanagalingam v. Jegatheswaran And Another – sllr 2009 volume 1 page 159

In Kanagalingam v. Jegatheswaran and Another, the court addressed whether a Primary Court may entertain a Section 66 application when the underlying dispute primarily involves possession, rent, and ejectment issues typically governed by special statutory enactments. The holding established that although the Primary Court does not possess jurisdiction over comprehensive rent and ejectment matters, jurisdiction remains where the dispute is strictly limited to the issue of possession, especially for preventing a breach of the peace under Section 66. The decision reaffirmed that special statutory remedies, such as those under the Rent Act, do not necessarily exclude the Primary Court’s limited jurisdiction in possession disputes. Reliance was placed on the Judicature Act, Agricultural Lands La