Supreme Court of India

Appaji Gowda v. Vokkaligara Sangha & Ors.

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Reported as [2009] 12 S.C.R. 1201
Bench S.B. Sinha J.
Decided 7 August 2009

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that the bar contained in Rule 3-A will not come in the way of the High Court examining the validity of a compromise decree, when allegations of fraud/collusion are made against a statutory authority which entered into such compromise.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Trust - Administration of - Trust created by executor of i testamentary disposition - Compromise entered into by the trust - Challenged by a member of the trust - Locus standi c of the member - Held: Any action which, according to members of a trust are illegal, can be subject matter of challenge before an appropriate forum - In a given case, an appeal would also be maintainable at the instance of an executive member of the Trust - In the event a case is made " out as regards mal-administration o( the trust or otherwise, appropriate remedies can be availed - An originating summons can be

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