S. Shanmugam Pillai And Ors vs K. Shanmugam Pillai And Ors on 4 May, 1972
It is now a well-settled principle of law that a document must be
construed having regard to the terms and conditions as well as the nature
thereof. [Union of India v. M/s. Millenium Mumbai Broadcast Pvt. Ltd.
2006 (5) SCALE 44]
MOU
We may proceed on the basis that the MOU answers the principles of
family settlement having regard to the fact that the same was actuated by a
desire to resolve the disputes and the courts would not easily disturb them
as has been held in S. Shanmugam Pillai and Others v. K. Shanmugam
Pillai and Others [(1973) 2 SCC 312], Kale and Others v. Deputy Director
of Consolidation and Others [(1976) 3 SCC 119] and Hari Shankar
Singhania & Ors. v. Gaur Hari Singhania & Ors. [JT 2006 (4) SC 251].