how is a father's son is liable to pay his father's debts that are contracted before the hindu succession act 2005. both the son and father are living apart from 2001, though legal partition is not there. how to protect the son from his father's debts?
2007-01-30 21:58:24 · 3 answers · asked by toothist 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
The debt of a father is personal in nature and does not bind the son under the law.
2007-01-30 22:01:49 · answer #1 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a pious obligation of the son to repay his father's debts.
But pious obligation doctrine no longer exists.
A son is only liable to pay his father's debts if he was a part of that contract.
Check your facts. You must be mistaken by some other provisions.
2007-02-01 00:25:09 · answer #2 · answered by thiru 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See a lawyer.
In India certain laws are based on religeon and cast system, there was some relief in the December of 2005.
You may ask for Civil justice and remove yourself from the cast or have yourself outcasted.
2007-01-30 22:07:58 · answer #3 · answered by minootoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋