The Calcutta Law Journal Short Notes of Cases Articles & Other Matters June 1 1913

According to the general principle of Hindu Law the obligation of descendants to discharge the debts of forefathers ceases in the fourth generation ; one is liable for the debts of one's deceased father and grandfather only (2). [...] When at the close of the second month Shridhara called upon the guardians to pay the interest (200 dr.) he was told on the authority of Lawyer-Durdhara that Mahidhara being the fourth in descent was not liable to pay even the pritncieal. [...] Lawyer-Shekhara ridiculed the arguments of LawyeDurdhara quoted opinions of great men placed (before the Court) the real spirit of the whole law (on the subject) and (finally) said Sir Durdhara you are not unversed in the letter and the spirit of legal lore seduced by the temtation of a present (fee you want to ruin Shridhara. [...] XVII.] ADVOCATES IN HINDU Apparently the case was decided against the defendants on the ground of the illegal agreement between the client and the lawyer to give and receive the present ' of r 000 dr. [...] The same principle has been extended with regard to the lawyer's remuneration when he defended the prisoner " in matters of life and death " he " has a right to a fee of thirty tickals of silver " " the price of his client's body." Two functions which are distinct and different under Hindu Procedure have been combined in the office of the advocate in the Dharmathats.