IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Lanka Milk Foods (CWE) Limited, Welisara, Ragama. Plaintiff SC Appeal No. SC/CHC/16/2007 CHC Case No. HC (Civil) 157/2001 (1)

Vs, Seylan Bank Limited, No. 33, Sri Baron Jayatilaka Mawatha, Colombo 01. Presently at:

“Ceylinco-Seylan Towers”, No. 90, Galle Road, Colombo 03.

Defendant -And Now-

Seylan Bank Limited, No. 33, Sri Baron Jayatilaka Mawatha, Colombo 01.

Presently at:

“Ceylinco-Seylan Towers”, No. 90, Galle Road, Colombo 03.

Defendant-Appellant Vs, Lanka Milk Foods (CWE) Limited, Welisara, Ragama.

Plaintiff-Respondent Before: Justice S. Thurairaja, PC Justice A.L. Shiran Gooneratne Justice Mahinda Samayawardhena Counsel: Dr. Romesh de Silva, PC with Shanaka Coorey instructed by De Livera Associates for the Defendant-Appellant.

Nihal Fernando, PC with Harshula Seneviratne instructed by Hemanthi Bulatwatte for the Plaintiff-Respondent.

Argued on: 25/11/2024 Decided on: 19/03/2025 A.L. Shiran Gooneratne J.

[1] By Plaint dated 26/11/1992, the Plaintiff-Respondent (hereinafter sometimes referred to as ‘the Plaintiff’) filed this action CHC No. HC (Civil) 157/01 (1) against the Defendant-Appellant (hereinafter referred t