https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=467950 A founder who dedicates property to charity without fixing a line of succession may leave trusteeship to devolve through a later bona fide compromise arranged by the heir, and that arrangement can validly create joint hereditary trusteeship. On the facts, the Annadhana trust was treated as founded by Chidambara Reddiar, with trusteeship devolving under a compromise that gave joint management in moieties. The claimant was therefore confined to a half share in the C schedule trusteeship. The claim to the B schedule properties also failed because the chain of succession through the reversionary heirs was not satisfactorily proved, including the necessary adoptive-line connection. en-us Fri, 18 Jul 1969 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:02:13 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=467950 A founder who dedicates property to charity without fixing a line of succession may leave trusteeship to devolve through a later bona fide compromise arranged by the heir, and that arrangement can validly create joint hereditary trusteeship. On the facts, the Annadhana trust was treated as founded by Chidambara Reddiar, with trusteeship devolving under a compromise that gave joint management in moieties. The claimant was therefore confined to a half share in the C schedule trusteeship. The claim to the B schedule properties also failed because the chain of succession through the reversionary heirs was not satisfactorily proved, including the necessary adoptive-line connection. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 18 Jul 1969 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=467950