Unregistered Family Settlement Will Operate As A Complete Estoppel Against The Parties To It: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

8 May 2019 9:11 AM IST

"Even without registration a written document of family settlement/family arrangement can be used as corroborative evidence as explaining the arrangement made thereunder and conduct of the parties."

The Supreme Court has observed that even if the family settlement was not registered, it would operate as a complete estoppel against the original plaintiff who was party to such settlement. The bench comprising Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice MR Shah was considering an appeal (Thulasidhara vs. Narayanappa) against a Karnataka High Court judgment which held that Exhibit D4 styled...

Unregistered Family Settlement Will Operate As A Complete Estoppel Against The Parties To It: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

"Even without registration a written document of family settlement/family arrangement can be used as corroborative evidence as explaining the arrangement made thereunder and conduct of the parties."

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