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31. "A Hindu, by will, attempted to create a trust for the accumulation, for ninety-nine years, of the surplus income (after certain yearly payments) of his estate in the purchase of zemindaries, &c, from time to time; and empowered his trustees to continue such trust after the expiration of the ninety-nine years' term." The will contained no disposition of the beneficial interest in the zemindaries so to be purchased. Held, that such trust was void.

32. Semble.---Perpetuity (save in the case of religious and charitable endowments) is not sanctioned by Hindu law. Goberdhone Bysack v. Shamchand By sack Bourke 282 explained.

33. The contention in that case was that the trusts of the will were invalid and void, not only on the ground of perpetuity, but because there was no disposition of the beneficial interest in the estate. The case in the first instance came before Mr. Justice Norman, who said at page 24 of the report: "I may add that there is not in the will any disposition whatever of the beneficial interest in the bulk of the testator's property * * * * Even at the end of ninety nine years there is no gift of the beneficial interest to any one. The manager for the time being may go on at his own will and pleasure indefinitely accumulating the estate; no right is given to the heirs of the testator or the persons indicated as such in the will to use the property for their own benefit even at that remote time. The case goes a long way beyond that of Mr. Tbelluson's will" (9 Ves., 22).