Supreme Court of India

Canbank Financial Services v. Custodian and Anr.

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Reported as [2004] 3 S.C.R. 1100
Bench S. Rajendra Babu, Dr. Ar. Lakshmanan and G.P. Mathur JJ.
Decided 12 April 2004

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we cannot sustain the view adopted by the Special Court on the application of Appellant for releasing its money.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Special Court (Trial of Offences Relating to Transal:tions in Securities) Act, 1992: S.3-Share broker notified under the Act-Money received as sale proceeds of shares belonging to a customer sold by share broker-Attachment of-Held, the money belongs to the customer and the share broker was holding the same in trust-Even if the share broker blended the money with his own money, s. 66 of Trusts Act arms the court to impose a charge on the whole property of the trustee to the extent of amount due-Customer is entitled to the amount-Indian Trusts Act, 1882--s.66. Respondent No. 2, a share broker,

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