https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280591 A foreign judgment binds only where the foreign court is competent under private international law and the trust is within its jurisdiction. For the Chidambaram charities, the trust property and charitable performance were in British India, so the French/Pondicherry decision did not bar the claim; the later appointment was treated as a valid, bona fide exercise of the power and the rival appointment stood revoked. For the Mailam charities, the trust was inseparable from Pondicherry and the foreign decision operated as res judicata. For the Alapakkam charities, the governing deed gave succession to male heirs and no power of appointment was shown, so no enforceable right existed. en-us Wed, 04 May 1927 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 11 May 2019 13:26:45 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280591 A foreign judgment binds only where the foreign court is competent under private international law and the trust is within its jurisdiction. For the Chidambaram charities, the trust property and charitable performance were in British India, so the French/Pondicherry decision did not bar the claim; the later appointment was treated as a valid, bona fide exercise of the power and the rival appointment stood revoked. For the Mailam charities, the trust was inseparable from Pondicherry and the foreign decision operated as res judicata. For the Alapakkam charities, the governing deed gave succession to male heirs and no power of appointment was shown, so no enforceable right existed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 04 May 1927 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280591