Supreme Court - the nomenclature of the document is not conclusive

 In the Matter of Namburi Basava Subramaniam vs. Alappatti Hymavathy & Others the Supreme Court, while laying down the test to determine the question whether a document is a settlement or will, held that the nomenclature of the document is not conclusive. The recitals in the document as a whole, the intention of the executant and the acknowledgment thereof by the parties are conclusive