Meeruppe Sumanatissa Terunnanse V. Warakapitiya Sangananda Terunnanse

1964 Present: T. S. Fernando, J., and Sri Skanda Rajah, J.

MEERUPPE  SUMANATISSA TERUNNANSE, Petitioner, and
 WARAKAPITIYA SANGANANDA TERUNNANSE, Respondent

S. C. 283/1963-Application for Conditional Leave to Appeal to
 Her Majesty in Council under the Appeals (Privy Council) Ordinance.

Privy Council-Application for conditional leave to appeal-Failure of petitioner to file affidavit-Effect-Affidavit-Form of jurat-Appeals (Privy Council) Ordinance, Schedule, Rules 1 (a), 2, 3-Civil Procedure Code, ss. 376, 439.

In an application for conditional leave to appeal to the Privy Council in terms of Rule 2 of the Schedule to the Appeals (Privy Council) Ordinance, the absence of an affidavit is not fatal to a grant of leave.

An affidavit filed by a person who is not able to understand writing in the English language is liable to be rejected if the jurat is not in the form required by section 439 of the Civil Procedure Code.

APPLICATION for conditional leave to appeal to the Privy Council.

                   H.  Wanigatunga, for the petitioner.

                  A. F. Wijemanne, for the respondent

Click Here to Read the rest of this document