https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171085 A suit by successor trustees seeking rendition of accounts from ex-trustees was maintainable in civil court because the duty to account is an inherent incident of trusteeship. Section 93 of the Madras Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1951 was held not to bar the suit, since the statutory scheme for budgets, accounts, audit and surcharge regulated current administration but did not provide a complete remedy for compelling ex-trustees to account for past management. The Court held that a general audit and surcharge mechanism does not exclude ordinary civil jurisdiction unless the Act expressly or by necessary implication supplies a specific remedy for that relief. en-us Tue, 06 Sep 1966 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 08 Jun 2017 16:05:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171085 A suit by successor trustees seeking rendition of accounts from ex-trustees was maintainable in civil court because the duty to account is an inherent incident of trusteeship. Section 93 of the Madras Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1951 was held not to bar the suit, since the statutory scheme for budgets, accounts, audit and surcharge regulated current administration but did not provide a complete remedy for compelling ex-trustees to account for past management. The Court held that a general audit and surcharge mechanism does not exclude ordinary civil jurisdiction unless the Act expressly or by necessary implication supplies a specific remedy for that relief. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 06 Sep 1966 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171085