Supreme Court of India

Vriddhachalam Pillai v. Chaldean Syrian Bank Ltd., Another

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Reported as [1964] 5 S.C.R. 647
Bench P.B. Gajendragadkar J.
Decided 3 December 1963

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Hindu Law-Partition-If bonafide-Onus of proof-Father's debt-Liability of joint family property for antecedent debt-Personal law and lex situs-Which applicable ? Kalayanasundaram and the ll.lembers of his family were per­ manent residents of Palghat in the then State of Madras. He and his son, the appellant, formed members of an undivided Hindu family. The family had properties not only in Palghat but also in Cochin. In 1945, Kalayanasundaram entered into many contracts with the Government of India for the supply of black pepper. As he had no ready money to implement those contracts, he app­

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