Supreme Court · 1968 INSC 340 · Decided 13 December 1968
Official Trustee, West Bengal & ORS. v. Sachindra Nath Chatterjee & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1968 INSC 340 · [1969] 3 S.C.R. 92
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 168/1966
- Decided
- 13 December 1968
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, R.S. BACHAWAT, K.S. HEGDE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
WEST BENGAL & ORS. v. SACHINDRA NATH CHAITERJEE & ANR. December 13, 1968 [S. M. SIKRI, R. S. BACHAWAT AND K. S. HEGDE, JJ.J Trust-Settlor as trustee reserving power to alter terms by will-I/ trustee could alter b,v deed inter vivos--Jndian Trusts Act (2 of 1882) s. 34, Official Trustees Side Rules-Inherent powers-Scope of--Official Trustee­ Liability for accounting. The father of the first respondent executed a trust deed in 1930, in respect of properties owned by him. The deed provided litter <ilia, that the settlor would be trustee during his life time, that from
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