Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 254 · Decided 1 April 2011
Siddamurthy Jayarami Reddy (D) BY LRS. v. Godi Jaya Rami Reddy & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 254 · [2011] 4 S.C.R. 176
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2916/2005
- Decided
- 1 April 2011
- Bench
- AFTAB ALAM, RAJENDRA MAL LODHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Succession Act Section 57(a), 57
Headnote
WILL: c Construction of will - Defeasance clause in the will - Effect of- Testator bequeathing all his properties to his grand­ daughter by a will - Further clause in the will that if his daughter did not take a son in adoption and if that son did not marry his grand-daughter, then he intended in the property to his daughter and son-in-law together - Held: The will must be read and construed as a whole to gather the intention of th.e testator and the endeavor of the court must be to give effect to each and every disposition - In ordinary circumstances, ordinary words must bear their
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