https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184757 The right to manage a private family temple and the office of shebaitship can devolve by testamentary succession where the founder's intention and the family arrangement support that devolution. Shebaitship, though involving duties, also carries a proprietary interest and is heritable; a will takes effect only on death and is not an inter vivos transfer. For that reason, the prohibition in Section 6(d) of the Transfer of Property Act does not apply. The disposition was also not shown to be opposed to public policy under Section 23 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872. The will was therefore valid, and the succession to management and shebaitship was upheld. en-us Fri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 19 Jul 2016 13:26:06 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184757 The right to manage a private family temple and the office of shebaitship can devolve by testamentary succession where the founder's intention and the family arrangement support that devolution. Shebaitship, though involving duties, also carries a proprietary interest and is heritable; a will takes effect only on death and is not an inter vivos transfer. For that reason, the prohibition in Section 6(d) of the Transfer of Property Act does not apply. The disposition was also not shown to be opposed to public policy under Section 23 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872. The will was therefore valid, and the succession to management and shebaitship was upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184757