Gowripaga Albert Lael vs Joseph D Souza on 23 April, 2025
23. The above provisions of The Bombay Public Trusts
Act,1950 makes it clear that the respondent No.6/Public
Trust is amenable to the said Act which also provides for the
mechanism for the precise relief which the petitioners have
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prayed for in the present writ petition. Besides, the procedure
for suspension and removal of Trustees, as provided under
section 41D (2) of the Act, entails leading of evidence and
proving of the charges framed against a Trustee along with the
explanation given by the Trustee. The aforesaid matters are
beyond the periphery of a writ petition: Totaram Dasuji
Rathod Vs. Atmaram Kisansing Rathod((2020) 1 MHLJ 922) and
Eknath Tukaramji Pise Vs. Rama Kawaduji Bhende (2020 SCC
OnLine Bom 934).