Supreme Court of India

Ittianam and Ors. v. Cherichi @ Padmini

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Reported as [2010] 8 S.C.R. 1135
Decided 27 July 2010

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons discussed above and in view of the order passed in Civil Appeal No. 7226 of 2002, this appeal is dismissed.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Succession Act, 1925 - s. 90 - Effect of; on interpretatiort of the Will - Held: In absence of a contrary intention in the Will, the description of the properties in the Will would be deemed to refer to and include the property answering that description at the death of the testator - The Will would then be deemed to speak from the date of the testator's death - English Wills Act (U.K) - s.24. Will - Statutory presumption against intestacy - Held: While construing a Will, the Court should lean against any intestacy - However, the presumption against intestacy cannot be raised ignoring the

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to

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