KULDIP SINGH, S.SAGHIR AHMAD
Ambunhi – Appellant
Versus
Ganesh Bhandary – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
S. Saghir Ahmad, J. - The only ground on which the judgment of the High Court is questioned before us that the will in question was not properly interpreted and that the testator having created an absolute estate in favour of Kannan, son of his direct sister, Vellachi, it was not open to the High Court to rely upon the subsequent recital that Schedule 'A' properties which as per the earlier part of the Will had already been bequeathed in favour of Kannan, shall be possessed and enjoyed as a "Tavazhi"
2. In interpreting the Will, the High Court has relied upon a number of decisions of this Court including Ramachandra Shenoy and another v. Mrs. Hilda Brite and others, AIR 1964 SCC 1323, Navneet Lal v. Gokul and others, AIR 1976 Supreme Court 794 and Ramakrishorelal and another v. Kamalnarayan, AIR 1963 Supreme Court 890. in which the principles of interpretation, as also the principles on the basis of which the true intention of the testator can be gathered, have been set out.
3. The rules of interpretation of the "Will" are different fro the rules which govern the interpretation of other documents say, for example, a Sale Deed or a Gift Deed or a Mortgage Deed or, from tha
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