Respondent No. 1 pleaded that plaintiff 's suit for partition was collusive having been brought at the instance of the defendant No. 1, M. B. Jakati, and it was not bona fide; that defendant No. 1 was made 1388 liable at the instance of the liquidator of the Dharwar Urban Co operative Bank Ltd., for misfeasance because he acted negligently in the discharge of his duties as managing director of the Bank; that the debt was binding on the family as defendant No. 1, M. B. Jakati, had been receiving a yearly remuneration from the Bank and the properties were sold in payment of a debt binding on the family and therefore the sale in execution of the payment order could not be challenged as the sons were under a pious obligation under the Hindu law to discharge the debts of their father; that the sale could only be challenged on proof of the debt of defendant No. 1 being for an " immoral or illegal purpose.