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Indian Trusts Act,1882

Act No : 2


Section : Trustee to be impartial

17. Trustee to be impartial.-Where there are more beneficiariesthan one, the trustee is bound to be impartial, and must not executethe trust for the advantage of one at the expense of another. Where the trustee has a discretionary power, nothing in thissection shall be deemed to authorize the Court to control the exercisereasonably and in good faith of such discretion. Illustration A, a trustee for B, C and D, is empowered to choose betweenseveral specified modes of investing the trust-property. A in goodfaith chooses one of these modes. The Court will not interfere,although the result of the choice may be to vary the relative rightsof B, C and D.