Dhirani and others v Ganji
Dhirani and others v Ganji (Civil Appeal No. 25 of 1946) [1946] EACA 16 (1 January 1946)
The Court held that under Mahommedan law, specifically the Ibathi school, revocation of a bequest requires clear evidence of intention to revoke, either express or implied. The acts performed by the testatrix—planting trees, digging a well, repairing buildings—were all consistent with the ordinary maintenance and efficient management of a clove and coconut plantation and did not amount to a 'severe alteration' or a change in the nature of the subject of the bequest. The Court found no evidence, either singly or collectively, that these acts demonstrated an intention to revoke the bequest. The…
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- Succession
- Bequest Revocation
- Mahometan Law
- Ibathi School
- Intention To Revoke
- Will Interpretation