JETHANAND HARKISHINDAS BHOJWANI v DEVIN JETHANAND BHOJWANI & 2 Ors

[2026] SGHC(A) 5 High Court (Appellate Division) 30 January 2026 • AD/CA 3/2025|AD/CA 4/2025 • 100 min read

29 cases cited (22 SG, 7 foreign)

Catchwords

Trusts — Trustees — Duties Trusts — Trustees — Removal Trusts — Breach of trust — Remedies Equity — Fiduciary relationships — Duties Civil Procedure — Appeals — Permission to appeal

Practice Areas

Trusts Equity Civil Procedure

Judges (3)

Hri Kumar Nair Coram Kannan Ramesh Coram See Kee Oon Delivered

Counsel (12)

Sreenivasan Chambers LLC Firm TSMP Law Corporation Firm Ang Kai Le Counsel Respondent Joshua Phang Shih Ern Counsel Respondent Koh Li Qun Kelvin Counsel Respondent Muralli Rajaram Counsel Appellant Narayanan Sreenivasan Counsel Appellant R. Arvindren Counsel Respondent Tan Kai Ning Claire Counsel Appellant Tan Si Xin Adorabelle Counsel Appellant Tang Hang Wu Counsel Respondent Thio Shen Yi Counsel Respondent

Parties (4)

Devin Jethanand Bhojwani Respondent Dilip Jethanand Bhojwani Respondent Jethanand Harkishindas Bhojwani Appellant Sandeep Jethanand Bhojwani Respondent

Summary

Three sons brought claims against their father as trustee of a testamentary trust for breach of trust, including the conversion of a valuable founder's share into an ordinary share and the sale of trust shares in two companies. The Appellate Division largely upheld the findings of breach and ordered the father to reconstitute $29.98 million to the trust, while adjusting the remedies to account for falsification rather than surcharging of the trust account.

Statutes Cited

Civil Law Act (Cap 43)

s 12(1)

Companies Act (Cap 50)

s 26A(4)(b)

Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap 322)

s 29A(1)(c)

Trustees Act (Cap 337)

s 6(1)

Cases Cited (29)

SG (4)

[2021] SGHC 253 [2022] SGHC 186 [2023] SGHC(A) 38 [2024] SGHC 310

SLR (18)

[1990] 1 SLR(R) 369 [2009] 3 SLR(R) 109 [2012] 2 SLR 805 [2012] 4 SLR 339 [2016] 3 SLR 1308 [2016] 5 SLR 226 [2018] 1 SLR 1037 [2018] 2 SLR 1 [2019] 1 SLR 131 [2020] 1 SLR 1199 [2022] 1 SLR 845 [2022] 3 SLR 1211 [2023] 1 SLR 35 [2023] 2 SLR 235 [2024] 2 SLR 1 [2024] 2 SLR 164 [2024] 5 SLR 1006 [2025] 2 SLR 421

UK (5)

[1908] 1 Ch 789 [1967] 2 AC 134 [1996] 1 AC 421 [1996] Ch 195 [2015] AC 1503

AU (1)

[2014] WASC 102

HK (1)

[2014] 1 HKC 368

Judgment

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Source: eLitigation ([2026] SGHC(A) 5)