A Hindu father contracts a personal debt in 2025. The lender sues the son solely on the Hindu-law…
The amendment preserves qualifying rights or alienations connected with debts contracted before its commencement on 9 September 2005. A 2025 debt falls outside that saving,…
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A Hindu father contracts a personal debt in 2025. The lender sues the son solely on the Hindu-law doctrine of pious obligation. How does section 6(4) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, apply?
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Correct answer A
The amendment preserves qualifying rights or alienations connected with debts contracted before its commencement on 9 September 2005. A 2025 debt falls outside that saving, and pious obligation alone gives the lender no right against the son.
Option feedback
Option A
Section 6(4) precludes recognition of a right against a son solely on pious obligation for a post-commencement debt.
Option B
A pre-partition date does not bring a 2025 debt within the statutory saving for earlier debts.
Option C
A post-partition date does not displace the statutory bar.
Option D
Immorality does not create liability. It was itself an exception to the traditional doctrine.
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