https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174875 The plaint, read as a whole, was found to concern the existence, succession, administration, possession and control of property of a public trust, rather than a separate civil dispute. The Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950 was treated as a self-contained code assigning exclusive jurisdiction to the Charity Commissioner and related authorities to decide issues such as whether a trust exists, whether property belongs to it, changes in entries, registration, breach of trust and recovery of trust property. Because Section 80 barred civil court intervention in matters reserved to that statutory scheme, the suit could not be maintained in civil court. en-us Tue, 03 May 2005 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 14:13:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174875 The plaint, read as a whole, was found to concern the existence, succession, administration, possession and control of property of a public trust, rather than a separate civil dispute. The Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950 was treated as a self-contained code assigning exclusive jurisdiction to the Charity Commissioner and related authorities to decide issues such as whether a trust exists, whether property belongs to it, changes in entries, registration, breach of trust and recovery of trust property. Because Section 80 barred civil court intervention in matters reserved to that statutory scheme, the suit could not be maintained in civil court. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 03 May 2005 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174875