Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 288 · Decided 7 May 2021
Mangala Waman Karandikar (D) TR. LRS v. Prakash Damodar Ranade
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 288 · [2021] 5 S.C.R. 232
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10827/2010
- Decided
- 7 May 2021
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, SURYA KANT, ANIRUDDHA BOSE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 92, 95; Rent Control Act
Headnote
Interpretation of documents: Contractual interpretation - It depends upon the intentions expressed by parties. Evidence Act, 1872: s.92 - Contract between parties - Reading of the contract showed that the appellant business to respondent during the contractual period and the agreement was not meant as a lease or license for the respondent 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,
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