Court-settled trust schemes cannot be overridden by a fresh suit; modification must be sought through the same statutory procedure.
A suit seeking removal of trustees appointed under a court-settled scheme and substitution of a fresh management was not maintainable where, in substance, it aimed to displace or override that scheme. A scheme framed under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure binds all concerned, and any variation, supersession, or replacement of trustees appointed under it must be sought before the court that sanctioned the scheme through the same statutory mechanism. A separate suit in another court, advancing rights hostile to the scheme, cannot be used to circumvent it.
Issues: Whether a suit seeking removal of trustees appointed under a court-settled scheme and substitution of a fresh management, or in effect setting aside that scheme, could be maintained otherwise than by invoking the machinery of Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Analysis: The relief claimed, though framed as a declaration of mahantship and a right to manage the temple, in substance sought to displace or override a valid scheme already settled by a court under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure. A scheme framed under that provision binds all persons concerned, and any variation, supersession, or replacement of the trustees appointed under it must be sought in the court which sanctioned the scheme and by proceedings under the same statutory machinery. A separate suit in another court, advancing rights hostile to the scheme, could not be used to defeat or circumvent it.
Conclusion: The suit was barred in substance because the claimed relief was inconsistent with and hostile to the existing scheme; the appellants could not obtain the relief sought in this proceeding.
Ratio Decidendi: A valid scheme settled by a court under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure is binding until modified or displaced by the proper statutory procedure before the court that framed it, and cannot be impeached or overridden by a fresh suit in another court.
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