Indian Trusts Act, 1882
62. Wrongful purchase by trustee
Where a trustee has wrongfully bought trust-property, the
beneficiary has a right to have the property declared subject to the trust or
retransferred by the trustee, if it remains in his hands unsold, or, if it has
been bought from him by any person with notice of the trust, by such person.
But in such case the beneficiary must repay the purchase-money paid by the
trustee, with interest, and such other expenses (if any) as he has properly
incurred in the preservation of the property; and the trustee or purchaser must
(a) account for the net profits of the property, (b) be charged with an
occupation-rent, if he has been in actual possession of the property, and (c)
allow the beneficiary to deduct a proportionate part of the purchase-money if
the property has been deteriorated by the acts or omissions of the trustee or
purchaser.
Nothing in this sections-
(a) impairs the rights of lessees and others, who, before the
institution of a suit to have the property declared subject to the trust or
retransferred, have contracted in good faith with the trustee or purchaser; or
(b) entitles the beneficiary to have the property declared
subject to the trust or retransferred where he, being competent to contract,
has himself, without coercion or undue influence having been brought to bear on
him, ratified the sale to the trustee with full knowledge of the facts of the
case and of his rights as against the trustee.