The Maharashtra government has introduced a bill to amend the Public Trusts Act, aiming to streamline trust administration, minimise litigation, and improve accountability. The amendments define tenure and perpetual trustees

The state government on Monday tabled the bill to amend the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act with the aim of standardising trust administration, reducing litigation, and ensuring periodic oversight and accountability among trust board members.

According to the Bill, a new section, 30A, will be inserted for the appointment of tenure trustees and perpetual trustees where the instrument of trusts does not contain any specific provision, as reported by news agency IANS. Read More

The existing definition of “trustee” contained in Section 2(18) of the said Bill was propo

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