Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in India
my father borrowed rs.90000/- in the year jun 2008. he died in dec 2012. am i liable to pay the debts as per hindu succession act 2005 (amend). i live in a willed property by my grand father, and applied for probate. please advice
d.chakraborty
4 Answers from Attorneys
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19.02.2013
Dear D Chakraborty,
(Jugberia, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal)
If you are convinced about the authenticity and genuineness of the borrowing, and do not wish to keep any unsettled liability of your father after his demise, you should offer to settle the same.
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FCA Prashant Chavan
Mumbai
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Briefly the points which emerge from your question:
1. You inherited property from your grand-father.
2. Your father had borrowed certain sums.
3. Your father dies in the year 2008.
Based on above; unless you have inherited property from your father you are not liable to pay any amount; and that too only to the extent of the estate and not beyond. Secondly, your father dies in the year 2008; limitation to initiate recover action expires in Dec. 2011, hence whether the recovery proceedings were initiated on which date is not mentioned by you; hence am unable to make a correct comment on limitation issue.