https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289115 A Hindu father acting as Karta may borrow for improvement of joint family lands, and such borrowing can bind coparcenary property where it is for legal necessity or the benefit of the estate. Even if treated as a personal debt, pre-partition liability may continue under the doctrine of pious obligation unless the debt is shown to be illegal or immoral, and partition without provision for outstanding debts does not extinguish that liability. A revenue auction sale for recovery of such a debt under the Land Improvement Loans Act and revenue law is not void merely because the coparceners were not parties, and the purchaser acquires title if the sale covers the property liable for the debt. en-us Wed, 27 Sep 1978 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 15 Jul 2020 15:23:43 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289115 A Hindu father acting as Karta may borrow for improvement of joint family lands, and such borrowing can bind coparcenary property where it is for legal necessity or the benefit of the estate. Even if treated as a personal debt, pre-partition liability may continue under the doctrine of pious obligation unless the debt is shown to be illegal or immoral, and partition without provision for outstanding debts does not extinguish that liability. A revenue auction sale for recovery of such a debt under the Land Improvement Loans Act and revenue law is not void merely because the coparceners were not parties, and the purchaser acquires title if the sale covers the property liable for the debt. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 27 Sep 1978 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289115