The Bombay High Court has dismissed a Rs.17.2 crore recovery suit filed by the Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust (LKMMT) against former trustee Niket Mehta, ruling that the case was barred under the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act (MPT Act) for lack of mandatory consent from the Charity Commissioner.

Justice Milind N. Jadhav, in an order dated December 3, allowed Mehta’s plea under Order VII Rule 11(d) of the Civil Procedure Code, which permits rejection of plaints not maintainable in law. The court held that the trust failed to comply with Sections 50 and 51 of the MPT Act, which require prior approval for suits involving trustees and public trust property.

Moneycontrol has seen a copy of the order.

The suit, filed in December 2024 by trustee Charu Mehta and others, sought compensati

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