The Calcutta Law Journal. 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 Shridhari called upon the guardians to pay the interest (zoo dr.) he was told on the authority of Lawyer-Durdhara that Mahidhara being the fourth in descent was not liable to pay even the principal. [...] 61n Apparently the case was decided against the defendants on the groind of the illegal agreement between the client and the lawyer to give and receive the present of 1 000 dr. [...] The Hindu Law borrowed and adopted by Surma at about that time provides for such fees to be calculated at a percentage of the value of the suit or according to the gravity of the offence. [...] 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.