Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, the doctrine of pious obligation after the 2005 Amendment:
Section 6(4) HSA abolishes the doctrine of pious obligation for debts contracted after the 2005 amendment, so a son's obligation to pay his father's debts from coparcenary…
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Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, the doctrine of pious obligation after the 2005 Amendment:
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Section 6(4) HSA abolishes the doctrine of pious obligation for debts contracted after the 2005 amendment, so a son's obligation to pay his father's debts from coparcenary property no longer survives for such debts.
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