IEA 115 — Estoppel

Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Statutory text

When  one  person  has,  by  his  declaration,  act  or  omission,  intentionally  caused  or
permitted  another  person  to  believe  a  thing  to  be  true  and  to  act  upon  such  belief,  neither  he  nor  his
representative  shall  be  allowed,  in  any  suit  or  proceeding  between  himself  and  such  person  or  his representative, to deny the truth of that thing.
Illustration
A intentionally and falsely leads B to believe that certain land belongs to A, and thereby induces B to buy and pay for it.
The land afterwards becomes the property of A, and A seeks to set aside the sale on the ground that, at the time of the sale, he had no title. He must not be allowed to prove his want of title.

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