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THE INDIAN TRUSTS ACT, 1882 · OF THE RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE BENEFICIARY

Section 61 — Right to compel to any act of duty

The beneficiary has a right that his trustee shall be compelled to perform any particular act of his duty as such, and restrained from committing any contemplated or probable breach of trust.
Illustrations
(a)A contracts with B to pay him monthly Rs.100 for the benefit of C. B writes and signs a letter declaring that he will hold in trust for C the money so to be paid. A fails to pay the money in accordance with his contract. C may compel B on a proper indemnity to allow C to sue on the contract in B’s name.
(b)A is trustee of certain land, with a power to sell the same and pay the proceeds to B and C equally. A is about to make an improvident sale of the land. B may sue on behalf of himself and C for an injunction to restrain A from making the sale.