I, ____________ widow of Late _______________________, aged about ____
years, Hindu Inhabitant of _____________, do hereby make this my last Will and
Testament. I hereby revoke all wills or testamentary writings made by me
heretobefore and declare this to be my last Will and Testament.
I. I appoint my ________________________ (or their survivors or
survivor) to be the Executors and Trustees of this my Will (hereinafter
referred to as “the Executors”).
II. 1. My immediate relatives at present consist of :
(a) my _____________________;
(b) my ________________________;
2. I am the sole and absolute owner of diverse other assets and
properties movable and immovable held by me including shares, bonds, deposits,
jewellery, silver utensils and household goods and no one else has any shares
right, title, interest, claim or demand whatsoever into or against the same. I
thus have full right and absolute power and complete authority to make this my
last Will and Testament in respect thereof and any other property or assets,
movable and immovable which may be substituted in their place or may come into
my possession in future.
3. I hereby direct the Executors that after my death they shall collect
and take possession of all the aforesaid properties and assets whatsoever and
wheresoever situate and they shall recover all outstanding due to me and pay
out of my assets all my debts, if any, estate duty leviable in respect of the
gifts made by me during my life time which may be included in my dutiable
estate and the assets and other taxes and testamentary expenses and to deal
with my residuary estate in the manner hereinafter directed.
4. I declare that the amounts covered by the insurances policies on my
life which have already been assigned or in respect of which nominations have
already been made by me earlier shall belong to the assignee/nominee
absolutely.
5. I hereby give bequeath and devise –
a) The ownership ____________ along with the share certificate and _____________in
the building known as _______________________and open plot of land and a
building situated __________________ to _____________________ and the girl whom
my grandson ______________________ shall marry before the day of my death to
hold the same jointly in equal shares. In case if the said
___________________________is not married on the day of my death then I give
bequeath and devise the aforesaid properties to my grandson___________________
to hold the same jointly with ___________________ in equal shares.
b) 1/2 (one-half) of ____________________________to the girl
_______________________________.
c) The balance 1/2 (one-half) ___________________________to the
____________________.
6. I hereby direct the executors to give such amount as they may in
their absolute discretion deem fit to each of my
_________________________________.
7. The entire residue of my estate shall be divided into _____________
equal parts and I hereby give bequeath and devise –
a) One such equal part to be held in trust in accordance with and
subject to the provisions contained in Part IV of this Will and the Schedule
hereunder written.
b) One such part to be held in trust in accordance with and subject to
the provisions contained in Part V of this Will and the Schedule hereunder
written.
c) One such equal part to be held in
trust in accordance with and subject to the provisions contained in Part VI of
this Will and the Schedule hereunder written.
d) One such equal part to be held in trust in accordance with and
subject to the provisions contained in Part VII of this Will and the Schedule
hereunder written.
e) One such equal part to be held in trust in accordance with and
subject to the provisions contained in Part VIII of this will and the Schedule
hereunder written.
III. 1. In the event of any of the Executors dying or desiring to
retire or refusing or becoming incapable to act or becoming insolvent the
surviving or continuing Executors (or the Executor or Administrator of the last
surviving executor) may appoint a new Executor in place of the Executor so
desiring to retire or refusing or
2. The Executors shall have all such rights, powers and authorities as
are conferred on the trustees of the trusts and are set out in the Schedule
hereunder written and are relevant for the purpose of the management and
administration of my estate.
3. Income if any, left after meeting the expenses of the management and
administration of my estate and taxes and other accretions taking place during
the period of administration shall be treated as part of my estate and dealt
with accordingly.
4. For the purpose of apportionment or division of the residue of my
estate into the five aforesaid equal parts, the Executors may assign much
values on the assets comprised therein as they may in their absolute discretion
consider appropriate and no one shall have any right to question the values
assigned by them.
IV. The assets given by me under Part II(7)(a) shall be held in trust
in accordance with the following provisions :-
i) My ____________________shall be the first trustees of the trust (and
the expression ‘trustees’ shall wherever the context so admits or requires be
deemed to include the said trustees and the survivors or survivor of them and
the heirs, executors and administrators of such survivor, their or his or her
assigns) and the trustees or trustee for the time being shall have the right to
appoint one or more other trustees or trustee in addition to or in place of
themselves. ii) Until the vesting day, the trustees shall stand possessed of
the assets in accordance with the provision of Part II(7)(a) above (and which
assets may be added or substituted in the execution of this trust are herein
designated as “the trust fund”) upon trust to receive the annual or other income
thereof and there out in the first place they shall reimburse or pay and
discharge all the costs and expenses incurred in or about the administration of
the trust fund including taxes and duties of all types and subject thereto the
trustees shall pay, divide or apply the whole or such part as they in their
absolute discretion think fit of the residue of such annual or other income to
or between the benefit of ______________________ as is or are persons or person
in existence at the time of my death in such proportions as the trustees may
from time to time in their absolute discretion appoint (i.e. specify or
determine) to the entire exclusion of one or the other of them and in such
manner as they may in their absolute discretion think fit. Provided that during
the period of eighteen years from the day of my death the trustees may in their
absolute discretion accumulate the whole or such part as they in their absolute
discretion think fit of the residue of such annual or
other income and all such accumulations
shall fall into be treated as and form part of the original trust fund. The
trustees may in their absolute discretion also have recourse to and utilize the
corpus of the trust fund or any portion thereof at any time and from time to
time to provide any benefit to any of the aforesaid beneficiaries.
iii) Upon the vesting day, the trustees shall hand over the entire
trust fund to all or any one or more of the beneficiaries to the exclusion of
other or others of them as they may in this absolute discretion think fit and
in such rates as they may in their absolute discretion think fit.
iv) The expression “Vesting Day” shall in this Part II(7)(a) means :
a) the day of which eighteen years shall have expired from the day of
my death; or
b) the day of death of the survivor of _______________________
whichever is earlier; or
c) such earlier day than either of the dates mentioned in (a) or (b)
above as the trustees for the time being may by unanimous decision in writing
fix.
v) Detailed provisions for the operation and management of the trust
and other matters are set out in the Schedule hereunder written and they shall
have the same force and effect as if they had been inserted here.
vi) This trust shall be named _____________________.
THE SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO
The trusts referred to above shall function and be managed in
accordance with the following provisions :-
1. i) All acts in carrying out the provisions of the trust if done and
carried out by a majority of the respective trustees for the time being shall
be as valid and effectual as if such acts has been done by all the trustees,
ii) A trustees may resign office as trustees by giving notice in
writing to his or her co-trustees.
iii) Without prejudice to the generally of their powers the trustees
shall have power;
a) to comply clerks and other employees, agents, brokers delegates,
bankers, lawyers, accountants, advisers and others and at such remuneration as
they may think fit;
b) to delegate any powers to one or more of their body;
c) to appoint any one from amongst them as a managing trustee;
d) to delegate any powers as they can lawfully delegate to any person
and to execute such power of attorney as they think fit for the purposes;
e) to withdraw any power to revoke any appointment of any employee or
attorneys;
f) to let any portion of any immovable property forming part of the
trust fund at such period and on such terms and conditions as they may think
fit and to accept surrender of any lease;
g) to maintain banking accounts and bank lockers in the name of the
trusts or in the name of such one or more of the trustees as they may think fit
and to make the account operable by such one or more of them as they may think
fit;
h) to determine who shall be the first named as regards investments in
shares, stocks, debentures and other securities and investments;
i) to appoint proxy or proxies for voting any meeting of creditors,
contributories, shareholders or others;
j) to allow any investments to stand in the name of any bank;
k) to become member of any body of persons including co-operative
societies and companies on behalf of and for the benefit of the trusts;
l) to carry on any business on behalf of or for the benefit of the
trusts either as sole proprietor thereof or in partnership with any other
person or persons;
m) to borrow money for ay of the purpose of the trust in the security
of any of the assets belonging to the trust or without security;
n) to enter into carry out and do any agreement, agreements, dealing,
dispositions, works, acts and things whatsoever which the trustees in their
absolute discretion may of any reason consider advisable in the interest of
their respective trust funds or any part or parts thereof or of any person or
persons being an object of objects of the trusts; and
o) to allot appropriate partition or apportion any property amongst the
beneficiaries entitled thereto on the dissolution or winding up of a trust in
satisfaction of any share or interest in a trust fund in such manner as the
trustees shall in their absolute discretion consider just according to the
respective rights of the persons interested.
2. The trustees of each of the trusts shall have all the powers of
investments, mortgage, leasing, dealing and disposition (and all other powers)
of an absolute beneficial owner of the respective trust fund and they may
retain the assets forming part of the respective trust fund in their actual
state of investment or condition or they may in their direction vary or
transpose the mode of investment of the assets or ay one or all of them and
they shall invest the sale proceeds thereof and any other moneys which shall
require investment in any one or more of the investments as they may think fit
without being obliged or invests the same in the investments authorised by law
for the investment of the trust fund.
And in particular without prejudice to the generally of the foregoing
power, the trustees may invest any money requiring investment.
i) In the acquisition or purchase of any immovable property situated in
India or elsewhere and for the development thereof the trustees may borrow
money at such interest as they may think fit for the purpose and without
security or on the security of the trust or any property forming part of the
trust fund.
ii) In making loans to or deposits with any person, firm or company or
corporation; iii) Upon the security of any immovable or movable property.
iv) In any business which may be carried on by the trustees as such
trustees for and on behalf of the trusts her by established or in partnership
with any other person or persons and the trustees may borrow money for the
purpose of such business as in the proceeding clause (i).
v) In the purchase of any movable property.
vi) In such investments of whatsoever nature and wheresoever situate
and whether involving liability or not or upon such personal credit with or
without security as the trustees shall in their absolute discretion think fit.
3. The trustees are hereby expressly authorised to accept gifts or
money and/or property (movable and immovable) for the benefit of the respective
trust from any person or persons and any such gifts shall be held by the
trustees as an accretion to an augmentation of the respective trust fund and
the money or other property received by way of such gift and the future income
thereof shall be held on the like trust in all aspects as are herein contained
and are
applicable to the trust fund and the
income of the respective trust fund shall be subject to the same trusts, powers
and provisions as are herein contained in these presents and applicable thereof
as if such money or property had formed part of the respective original trust
fund.
4. The trustees may permit any beneficiary of a trust to occupy, use or
enjoy personally and movable or immovable property which may for the time being
be comprised in a trust fund upon any terms and conditions whatever which the
trustees may think fit but such permission shall in each case be revocable at
any time by and at the absolute discretion of the trustees of the respective
trusts.
5. The receipt of the trustees for the purchase moneys of any property
hereby authorised to be sold or for any other moneys paid or for any shares,
sticks, funds or securities transferred to them shall effectually discharge the
person or persons having or transferring the same therefrom and being bound to
see to be application or being answerable for the loss or misapplication
thereof.
6.(a) No trustees purporting to act in the execution of the trusts
shall be liable for any loss not attributable to his own dis-honesty or to the
willful commission or omission by him of any act unless such commission or
omission is known to him to constitute a breach of trust.
b) Any trustee or trustees in good faith paying over any moneys under
the trusts to him or their co-trustees or doing any act facilities the receipt
thereof for the purpose of the trust shall not be answerable for the loss or
misapplication or non-application thereof.
7. It shall be lawful for the trustees for the timing being to
reimburse themselves or himself or pay and discharge out of the trust
properties all costs, charges and expenses incurred in carrying out the
respective trusts or in or about the execution of the respective trusts.
8. The trustees or trustees may deposit all securities or the
investments for the time being representing the trust fund with any bank for
safe custody and for collection of the interest and dividends of the said securities
or investments and may open current accounts in their or his names or name with
the same or any other bank.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I _____________________ have hereunto set hands the
…………day of ______________ at ________________.
(Explained in vernacular language before execution)
(Left hand thumb impression of _____________)
Signed by the above named Testator __________________ as her last Will
after the same had first been translated in _________________ and read over to
her in our presence and had appeared to be perfectly understood and approved by
her in the presence of us both present at the same time in her presence and in
presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses:
1.
2.
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