Supreme Court of India

Mangala Waman Karandikar (d) Tr. Lrs v. Prakash Damodar Ranade

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Reported as [2021] 5 S.C.R. 232
Bench N.V. Ramana, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose JJ.
Decided 7 May 2021

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Interpretation of documents: Contractual interpreta tion – It depends upon the intentions expressed by parties. Evidence Act, 1872: s.92 – Contract between parties – Reading of the contract showed that the appellant had intended t o transfer business to respondent during the contractual perio d and the agreement was not meant as a lease or license for the respond ent to conduct business – Respondent contended that the meaning of the document should not be culled solely with reference to the language used in the document, rather extrinsic evidence needs to be ut ilized before adducing proper

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