Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 489 · Decided 24 August 1995
Kailvelikkal Ambunhi (Dead) BY LRS. and ORS. v. H. Ganesh Bhandary
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 489 · [1995] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 35
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 4597/1990
- Decided
- 24 August 1995
- Bench
- KULDIP SINGH, S. SAGHIR AHMAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Succession Act Section 88
Headnote
Indian Succession Act, 1925 : Section 88. Will-Other Instntments-Rules of interpretati01t-Difference in-In- A B consistent clauses in will-Later shall prevail over earlier. C Legal Maxims: Maxim "cum duo inter se pugnantia reperiuntur in testamento ultimum ratum est''-Meaning of. This interpreted the will in question. Dismissing the petition, this Court HELD : 1. The rules of interpretation of a 'Will" are different from the rules which govern the interpretation of other documents say, for example, Sale Deed or a Gift Deed or a Mortgage Deed or, for that matter, any
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