GNANAMBAL AMMAL vs T. RAJU AYYAR AND OTHERS.

The Supreme Court emphasized that the primary goal in construing a will is to ascertain the testator's intentions, primarily from the document's language, while considering surrounding circumstances. The court held that a presumption against intestacy can only be invoked in cases of clear ambiguity. In this case, the court determined that the testator intended for the village K to pass to G upon N's death, despite the adoption of a nephew's son, thereby reversing the High Court's judgment.