https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196434 The Bombay Public Trusts Act treats inquiries on the existence of a trust, its public character, trust property and succession to trusteeship as judicial determinations, and the findings recorded in that statutory process are final and conclusive subject only to the Act's remedies. The scheme provides a complete chain of correction, appeal and further challenge, and expressly excludes civil court jurisdiction over matters made final by the Act. Even where fraud is alleged, the party must use the statutory machinery rather than file a civil suit. The Gujarat HC noted that the plaintiffs had not exhausted those remedies, so the dispute could not be reopened in civil court. en-us Wed, 19 Apr 1961 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:10:14 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196434 The Bombay Public Trusts Act treats inquiries on the existence of a trust, its public character, trust property and succession to trusteeship as judicial determinations, and the findings recorded in that statutory process are final and conclusive subject only to the Act's remedies. The scheme provides a complete chain of correction, appeal and further challenge, and expressly excludes civil court jurisdiction over matters made final by the Act. Even where fraud is alleged, the party must use the statutory machinery rather than file a civil suit. The Gujarat HC noted that the plaintiffs had not exhausted those remedies, so the dispute could not be reopened in civil court. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 19 Apr 1961 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196434