Admissions not conclusive proof, but may estop.

What this section does

Admissions are not conclusive proof of the facts admitted; they are rebuttable. However, they may operate as estoppels under the provisions of the Act relating to estoppel.

AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).

The rule in one line

An admission raises a rebuttable presumption and may create an estoppel, but is not conclusive proof.

When it applies

• A admits in correspondence that he owes B a sum of money — this admission is relevant and may estop A from denying the debt, but B must still prove the debt if A leads contrary evidence.
• A party admits a boundary in a prior proceeding — the admission may estop that party from asserting a different boundary in a subsequent suit.

Derived from IEA s.31.