https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279013 Persons managing public charity properties in a fiduciary capacity, without legal title or vesting of the immovable property in them, are not trustees in the strict sense under the Indian Trusts Act; they may nevertheless be treated as fiduciaries analogous to trustees. The English exception in Cradock v. Piper was recognised as consistent with Indian law, so a solicitor-trustee, or a similar fiduciary, may recover ordinary professional costs for work done for the trust where the costs are not increased by his own participation as a party. Costs attributable to Mr. Sabnis as a defendant were excluded, and taxation on the attorney and client basis was allowed within that limit. en-us Wed, 25 Nov 1936 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 28 Feb 2019 12:30:42 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279013 Persons managing public charity properties in a fiduciary capacity, without legal title or vesting of the immovable property in them, are not trustees in the strict sense under the Indian Trusts Act; they may nevertheless be treated as fiduciaries analogous to trustees. The English exception in Cradock v. Piper was recognised as consistent with Indian law, so a solicitor-trustee, or a similar fiduciary, may recover ordinary professional costs for work done for the trust where the costs are not increased by his own participation as a party. Costs attributable to Mr. Sabnis as a defendant were excluded, and taxation on the attorney and client basis was allowed within that limit. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 25 Nov 1936 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279013