IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Sheela Wijewardene No. 7/16, Thalapathpitiya Road, Udahamulla, SC CHC Appeal No. 04/13 Nugegoda.

Case No. H.C. (Civil) 26/2005 (3) PLAINTIFF -VS-

1. Sarath Kothalawala, No. 112/7,1/1, Kanadawatta Terrace, Off Poorwarama Road, Colombo 05.

2. Rajiv Sebastian No. 112/7,1/1, Kanadawatta Terrace, Off Poorwarama Road, Colombo 05.

DEFENDANTS AND NOW BETWEEN Sheela Wijewardene No. 7/16, Thalapathpitiya Road, Udahamulla, Nugegoda.

PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT -VS-

1. Sarath Kothalawala, No. 112/7,1/1, Kanadawatta Terrace, Off Poorwarama Road, Colombo 05.

2. Rajiv Sebastian No. 112/7,1/1, Kanadawatta Terrace, Off Poorwarama Road, Colombo 05.

DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS Before: Hon. E.A.G.R. Amarasekara, J.

Hon. A.L. Shiran Gooneratne, J.

Hon. Arjuna Obeyesekere, J.

Counsel: Dr. Harsha Cabral, PC with Kushan Illangatillake instructed by V.W. Kularatne Associates for the Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mr. M.S.A. Wadood with Palitha Subasinghe, Tharanga Edirisinghe, Hashane Mallawarachchi, Dulmini Liyanage instructed by S.B. Dissanayake Associates for the 1^st Defendant-Respondent.

Argued on: 01.02.2022 Decided on: 23.05.2025 E.A.G.R. Amarasekara, J.

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