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Q.Who is a Karta in a Joint Hindu Family Business, and what is the extent of the Karta's liability?

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The Karta is the head and manager of a Joint Hindu Family Business — traditionally the senior-most male member of the family, though Indian law now also recognises a daughter, as a coparcener in her own right, as eligible to become Karta. The Karta alone has the authority to manage the business and to contract on the family's behalf; ordinary coparceners have no independent right to manage. …

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