law: Indian Trusts Act, 1882 
  18. Trustee to prevent waste 
  Where the trust is created for the benefit of several persons in
  
  succession and one of them is in possession of the trust-property, if he
  
  commits, or threatens to commit, any act which is destructive or permanently
  
  injurious thereto, the trustee is bound to take measures to prevent such act.