Supreme Court · 1965 INSC 12 · Decided 22 January 1965
Shah Chhotalal Lallubhai and Others v. Charity Commissioner, Bombay, and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1965 INSC 12 · [1965] 2 S.C.R. 811
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 634/1964
- Decided
- 22 January 1965
- Bench
- K. SUBBA RAO, RAGHUBAR DAYAL, R.S. BACHAWAT, V. RAMASWAMI (4-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Bombay Public Trusts A.ct (29 of 19SO), ss. SS and 56--DiversJon of accumulatil>n of trust funds-When permitted. A testator, who professed the Jain religion, gave directions in his will that certain amounts should be spent annually on religious and ch<dt­ lhlo objects specified by him, feast sh<>uld be given to members of his caste in certain specified villages. He died in 1916 and by 19S5 there was a large accumulation of unexpended income mainly because of discontinuing the feas~ and so, the Charity Commis­ sioner filed an application before the District Judge,
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