https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286481 A mortgage-secured liability is a pecuniary liability and falls within the broad definition of "debt" in section 2(6) of the Displaced Persons (Debts Adjustment) Act, 1951 unless expressly excluded. The Court read the Act's structure, including the special treatment of certain West Pakistan mortgage debts and the machinery in sections 10, 13 and 14, as confirming that mortgage debts remain enforceable under the statute. A displaced creditor may therefore invoke section 13 in respect of a mortgage debt. The definition was held not to be narrowed by other special provisions or scaling-down mechanisms. en-us Wed, 20 Apr 1960 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 28 Feb 2020 15:39:14 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286481 A mortgage-secured liability is a pecuniary liability and falls within the broad definition of "debt" in section 2(6) of the Displaced Persons (Debts Adjustment) Act, 1951 unless expressly excluded. The Court read the Act's structure, including the special treatment of certain West Pakistan mortgage debts and the machinery in sections 10, 13 and 14, as confirming that mortgage debts remain enforceable under the statute. A displaced creditor may therefore invoke section 13 in respect of a mortgage debt. The definition was held not to be narrowed by other special provisions or scaling-down mechanisms. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 20 Apr 1960 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286481