law: Indian Trusts Act, 1882 
  34. Right to apply to court for opinion in management of
  
  trust-property  
  Any trustee may, without instituting a suit, apply by petition
  
  to a principal civil court of original jurisdiction for its opinion, advice or
  
  direction on any present questions respecting the management or administration
  
  of the trust-property other than questions of detail, difficulty or importance,
  
  not proper in the opinion of the court for summary disposal.
  A copy of such petition shall be served upon, and the hearing
  
  thereof may be attended by, such of the persons interested in the application
  
  as the court thinks fit.
  The trustee stating in good faith the facts in such petition,
  
  and acting upon the opinion, advice or direction given by the court shall be
  
  deemed, so far as regards his own responsibility, to have discharged his duty
  
  as such trustee in the subject-matter of the application.
  The costs of every application under this section shall be in
  
  the discretion of the court to which it is made.