Supreme Court · 1965 INSC 39 · Decided 16 February 1965
Hukumchand Gulabchand Jain v. Fulchand Lakhmichand Jain and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1965 INSC 39 · [1965] 3 S.C.R. 91
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 216/1962
- Decided
- 16 February 1965
- Bench
- K. SUBBA RAO, RAGHUBAR DAYAL, R.S. BACHAWAT (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 133(1)
Headnote
Public Trusts-Trustee-Liability to pay interest on trust funds­ Rule of damdupat-Applicability. · The respondents who were interested in a public temple filed a suit against the appellant who was looking after the affairs of the temple. They prayed for his removal from possession of the rendering by him of true and faithful accounts and for the framing of a scheme. The trial court held that the appellant was liable to render accounts. Having ascertained the amount of prin­ cipal, it determined the interest payable at an amount equal to that of the principal on the basis of
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