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SUPREME COURT (GENERAL CIVIL PROCEDURE) RULES 2015 (SR NO 103 OF 2015) - REG 54.02

Relief without general administration

    (1)     A proceeding may be brought for any relief which could be granted in an administration proceeding and a claim need not be made for the administration or execution under the direction of the Court of the estate or trust in respect of which the relief is sought.

    (2)     Without limiting paragraph (1), a proceeding may be brought for—

        (a)     the determination of any question which could be determined in an administration proceeding, including any question

              (i)     arising in the administration of an estate or in the execution of a trust;

              (ii)     as to the composition of any class of persons having a claim against an estate or a beneficial interest in an estate or in property subject to a trust; or

              (iii)     as to the rights or interests of a person claiming to be a creditor of an estate or to be entitled under the will or on the intestacy of a deceased person or to be beneficially entitled under a trust;

        (b)     an order directing an executor, administrator or trustee to—

              (i)     furnish and, if necessary, verify accounts;

              (ii)     pay funds of the estate or trust into court; or

              (iii)     do or abstain from doing any act;

        (c)     an order

              (i)     approving any sale, purchase, compromise or other transaction by an executor, administrator or trustee; or

              (ii)     directing any act to be done in the administration of an estate or in the execution of a trust which the Court could order to be done if the estate or trust were being administered or executed under the direction of the Court.



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