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Religious trust

Religious trust, 'religious trust' means any express or constructive trust created or existing for any purpose recognised by Hindu Law to be religious, pious or charitable, but shall not include a trust created according to the Sikh religion or purely for the benefit of the Sikh community and a private endowment created for the worship of a family idol in which the public are not interested, Mahant Ram Saroop Dasji v. S.P.Sahi, AIR 1959 SC 951 (954): (1959) Supp 2 SCR 583. [Bihar Hindu Religous Trusts Act, 1951, s. 2(1)]...


Trust property

Trust property, the expression 'trust property' in s. 2(p) means the property appertaining to a religious trust, Mahant Ram Saroop Dasji v. S.P. Sahi, Special Officer-in-Charge of the Hindu Religious Trusts, AIR 1959 SC 951 (954): 1959 Supp (2) SCR 583....


Charitable trust

Charitable trust, A charitable trust can either be created by a grant for an express purpose or a grant having been made in favour of an individual or a class of individuals, that individual or that class of individuals might, after obtaining the grant, create a charitable trust, Bihar State Board Religious Trust, Patna v. Mahanth Sri Biseshwar Das, (1971) 1 SCC 574: (1971) 3 SCR 680: AIR 1971 SC 2057....


Trustee

Trustee, is the legal owner of the property the actual owner thereof having lost title thereto by the creation of a trust. The equitable ownership in the trust property vests in the beneficiaries. The trust is thus an incidence of dual ownership in which the creator of the trust no longer figures, Baba Badri Dass v. Dharma, AIR 1982 P&H 255.Means one who, having legal title to property, holds it in trust for the benefit of another and owes a fiduciary duty to that beneficiary, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1519.Trustee, one entrusted with property for the benefit of another, called beneficiary, or cestui que trust. See also PUBLIC TRUSTEE; BREACH OF TRUST.Consult Lewin or Godefroi on Trusts.'Trustee' means any person, by whatever desig-nation known, appointed to administer a religious trust either verbally or by or under any deed or instrument or in accordance with the usage of such trust or by the District Judge or any other competent authority, and includes any person appointe...


trust

trust 1 a : a fiduciary relationship in which one party holds legal title to another's property for the benefit of a party who holds equitable title to the property b : an entity resulting from the establishment of such a relationship see also beneficiary, cestui que trust, corpus declaration of trust at declaration, principal, settlor NOTE: Trusts developed out of the old English use. The traditional requirements of a trust are a named beneficiary and trustee (who may be the settlor), an identified res, or property, to be transferred to the trustee and constitute the principal of the trust, and delivery of the res to the trustee with the intent to create a trust. Not all relationships labeled as trusts have all of these characteristics, however. Trusts are often created for their advantageous tax treatment. accumulation trust : a trust in which principal and income are allowed to accumulate rather than being paid out NOTE: Accumulation trusts are disfavored and often restricted...


Wholly for religious or charitable purpose

Wholly for religious or charitable purpose, the expression 'wholly for religious or charitable purpose' means that property under trust is held wholly for religious or charitable purposes, AIR 1967 Mad 396 (397). [Madras Agricultural Income Tax Act, 1955, s. 4(b)]...


Religious denomination

Religious denomination, different sects and sub-sects of the Hindu Religion having a common faith and a common spiritual organisation come under the definition of denomination, Shirur Math v. Commission of Endowment, (1952) 1 MLJ 557.Religious denomination, enjoys certain rights per-taining to the establishment, management etc., of its own religion and charitable institutions, A Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, 4th Edn., Vol. 2, p. 159.Religious denomination, in India, subject to public order, morality and health, every religious denomination or any section thereof enjoys the fundamental right to establish and maintain institutions for religious and charitable purposes, to manage its own affairs in matters of religion, to own and acquire movable and immovable property and to administer such property in accordance with law, Constitution of India, Art. 26.Religious denomination, is a religious sect or body having a common faith and organization and designated by a...


Trust

Trust, is a comprehensive expression, as covering not only the relationship of trustee and beneficiary but also that a bailor and bailee master and servant pledger and pledgee, guardian and ward and all other relations which postulate the existence of fiduciary relationship between the complainant and the accused, State v. K.P. Jain, (1983) 2 Crimes 947 (All).Trust, is a trust for public purposes, the substances and primary intention of the creator must be seen, Shabbir Husain v. Ashiq Husain, AIR 1929 Oudh 225.Trust, is an obligation annexed to ownership. A trustee holds property 'subject' to an obligation, which the testator has imposed upon him, Mahadeo Ramchandra v. Damodar Vishwanath, AIR 1957 Bom 218: (1957) 59 Bom LR 478.Means any arrangement whereby property is transferred with intention that it be administered for another's benefit is a trust. It casts an obligation on the trustee to use the property for achieving the purpose for which the trust is created, Baba Jamuna Das Mah...


Trust for sale

Trust for sale. Trusts for sale of land were commonly crated in settlements and well-drawn wills. The effect was to convert realty into personalty so that the proceeds devolved upon the beneficiaries as personalty unless they elected to take the property as realty (see CONVERSION), except that upon a lapse of the devise of realty in the testator's lifetime the property resulted to the heir-at-law, Ackroyd v. Smithson, (1780) 1 Bro CC 503. Another and more practical consequence was that the whole estate was vested as a rule in the trustees so that with or without consent of any other person as directed by the donor or testator they could vest the whole estate in a purchaser without his seeing to the application of the purchase money (Trustee Act, 1893, s. 14), and without participation of beneficiaries whose consent was not required, thus providing an expedient, which, together with the Settled Land Acts and other statutes giving analogous powers to mortgagees, personal representatives ...


Dedication to a temple and a Mutt

Dedication to a temple and a Mutt, The distinction between dedication to a temple and a Mutt is that in the former case it is to a particular deity, while in the latter, it is to a superior or a Mahant, The Bihar State Board Religious Trust v. Mahanth Sri Biseshwar Das, (1971) 1 SCC 574: AIR 1971 SC 2057: (1971) 3 SCR 680....


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