IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Bank of Ceylon, No. 04, Bank of Ceylon Mawatha, Colombo 01.

Plaintiff SC APPEAL NO: SC/APPEAL/39/2014 SC LA NO: SC/HCCA/LA/243/2010 HCCA NO: UVA/HCCA/BDL/106/2003 (F)

DC BADULLA CASE NO: L/946 Vs.

Anura Gamage, No. 03/A, Bandarawela Road, Badulla.

Defendant AND BETWEEN Bank of Ceylon, No. 04, Bank of Ceylon Mawatha, Colombo 01.

Plaintiff-Appellant Vs.

Anura Gamage, No. 03/A, Bandarawela Road, Badulla.

Defendant-Respondent AND NOW BETWEEN Bank of Ceylon, No. 04, Bank of Ceylon Mawatha, Colombo 01.

Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellant Vs.

Anura Gamage, No. 03/A, Bandarawela Road, Badulla.

Defendant-Respondent-Respondent Before: Vijith K. Malalgoda, P.C., J.

P. Padman Surasena, J.

Mahinda Samayawardhena, J.

Counsel: Jagath Wickramanayake, P.C., with Pujanee De Alwis for the Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellant.

H. Withanachchi with Shantha Karunadhara for the Defendant-Respondent-Respondent.

Argued on : 11.01.2023 Written submissions:

by the Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellant on 28.02.2014 and

13.10.2022.

by the Defendant-Respondent-Respondent on 28.04.2017.

Decided on: 04.07.2023 Samayawardhena, J.

Introduction The plaintiff (Bank of Ceylon) filed this