Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 726 · Decided 22 October 2010
Sadaram Suryanarayana & ANR. v. Kalla Surya Kantham & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 726 · [2010] 12 S.C.R. 808
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2758/2004
- Decided
- 22 October 2010
- Bench
- MARKANDEY KATJU, T.S. THAKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Succession Act Section 84, 85, 86, 87
Headnote
Indian Succession Act, 1925 - Will - Execution of - Testator bequeathing property in absolute terms in favour of C her daughters - Latter part of bequest purporting to vest the same property in their female offspring - Interpretation of - Held: It is clear from the Will that testatrix had made bequest in favour of her daughters - By the latter part all such property as remained available o in the hands of the legatees at the time of demise, were to devolve upon their female offspring - Latter part is redundant since it was repugnant to the clear intention of testatrix in making an
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