Sri Lanka, June 9 -- A mother has emerged victorious in a 30-year legal battle against her son over a residential property after the Supreme Court dismissed the son's appeal, ruling that the property had been transferred to him solely to facilitate a bank loan, not with the intention of transferring its beneficial ownership.

Accordingly, the Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the son challenging lower court rulings that declared he was holding a residential property in trust for his mother, reaffirming important legal principles governing constructive trusts under Section 83 of the Trusts Ordinance.

A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena, Justice Janak De Silva and Justice Arjuna Obeyesekere u...