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 ⚖️ A SHORTCUT TO ACCESS SUPREME COURT JUDGMENTS Save this link on your laptop, desktop computer or mobile phone : https://supremecourt.lk/wp-content/uploads/judgements/sc_appeal_60_2020.pdf HOW TO USE IT 1️⃣ Copy and paste the link into your browser’s address bar . 2️⃣ Replace 60 with your desired SC Appeal number . 3️⃣ Replace 2020 with the year in which the SC Appeal was filed —not the year the judgment was delivered. 4️⃣ Keep everything else unchanged, including the underscores and .pdf . Press Enter or tap Go . 📌 EXAMPLE To look for the judgment in SC Appeal No. 686/2019 , change the link to: https://supremecourt.lk/wp-content/uploads/judgements/sc_appeal_686_2019.pdf If the judgment is available under that filename, it will open on your screen. ⚠️ This shortcut may not work for every judgment, as filenames and website arrangements can vary. However, it is worth trying. 💾 Save this message for future reference. Source: GALLELAWBLOGGER

  The crucial distinction is between an application made directly against a District Court judgment and an application seeking to challenge a decision already delivered by the Civil Appellate High Court. This judgment does not impose the same jurisdictional consequences on both. READ JUDGMENT  The analysis below is based on your attached judgment, W.T.S. Nilantha Fernando v. P.M.S. Nilanthi Perera , SC/APPEAL/65/2025, decided on 10 October 2025 . References to page numbers are to that judgment. Analysis 1. Background and decision Almost ten years after their divorce, the plaintiff instituted a partition action in the District Court of Negombo, claiming an equal share of land. The defendant resisted the action, alleging that the plaintiff held her half share in trust for him. The District Court entered judgment for the plaintiff. On the defendant’s appeal, the Civil Appellate High Court of Negombo reversed that judgment and dismissed the action. The plaintiff did no...