Supreme Court of India

Official Trustee of Tamil Nadu v. Udavumkarankal and Ors.

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Reported as [1993] 1 S.C.R. 380
Bench Kuldip Singh J.
Decided 29 January 1993

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the impugned order . of the High Court cannot be sustained.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Official Trnstees Act, 1913 : Sections 15, 28-Powers and duties of Official Trnstee-Action taken bona fide-Breach of trnst-Personal liability-Whether arises. By a Court decree, schemes for administration of two estates belong­ ing to a couple were sanctioned. The subject matter of the present appeal is the property comprised in the estate of the wife. The said premises have been used as a marriage hall. The predecessor of the appellant made an application to the High Court for permission to incur an expenditure of Rs. 6 lakhs for converting the tiled roof into RCC roof as also for a

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