JAYANTHA GUNASEKARA VS. JAYATISSA GUNASEKARA AND OTHERS

JAYANTHA GUNASEKARA VS. JAYATISSA GUNASEKARA
AND OTHERS

COURT OF APPEAL
SISIRA DE ABREW. J
SALAM. J
LECAMWASAM. J
CA PHC APN 17/2006 (DB)
HC AWISSAWELLA 55/04
MC AVISSAWELLA 65720
FEBRUARY 25,2011
MARCH 3,4,2011
MAY 16,2011

Constitution Article 154 (P) 3 (b) - Primary Courts Procedure Act - Section 2, Section 66, Section 68-Section 76-High Court exercising revisionary jurisdiction -Appeal to Court of Appeal- Does the filing of an appeal ipse facto stay the execution of the judgment of the High Court? - Cassus omissus clause in the Primary Courts Procedure Act -Applicability of the provisions of the Civil Procedure Code - Stare decisis - Obiter dicta -Ratio decidendi - Approbation  reprobation - Principles

The petitioner sought to revise the judgment of the Provincial High Court entered in the exercise of its revisionary jurisdiction under Art 154 (3) b. The High Court set aside the order made by the Primary Court under Section 68 (3) by which order the Magistrate had determined that the petitioner had forcibly been dispossessed of the subject matter by the respondent. The respondent moved in revision, the

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