In the light of judicial pronouncements, discuss the following: It is to ascertain the intentions of the testator who constructed a will.

Like any other document, a will is subject to interpretation. The Supreme Court in Gnambal Ammal v. T. Raju Iyer held that the cardinal maxim to be observed in construing a Will is to endeavour to ascertain the intentions of the testator. This intention has to be primarily gathered from the document which is to be read as a whole without indulging in any conjecture or speculation as to what the testator would have done, if he had been better informed or better advised.