Summarize the following court judgment. ivil Appeal No. 136 of 1965. Appeal by Special Leave from the Judgment and Order dated the 15th November 1954 of the Election Tribunal	 Quilon	 Travancore Cochin	 in Election Petition No. 18 of 1954. section Mohan Kumara Mangalam	 H. J. Umrigar and Rajinder Narain	 for the appellant. T. R. Balakrishnan	 for respondent No. 1. 1955. September 19. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by VENKATARAMA AYYAR J. This is an appeal by special leave against the order of the Election Tribunal	 Quilon declaring the election of the appellant to the Legislative Assembly of the State of Travancore 479 Cochin from the Shencottah Constituency void on the ground that he was disqualified to stand for election under section 7(d) read with section 9(2) of Act No. XLIII of 1951. Under section 7(d)	 a person is disqualified for being chosen as a member of the Legislative Assembly of a State	 if he is interested in any contract for the supply of goods or for the execution of any works for the Government of that State. Section 9(2) declares that if any such contract has been entered into by or on behalf of a Hindu undivided family	 every member thereof shall be subject to the disqualification mentioned in section 7(d); but that if the contract has been entered into by a member of an undivided family carrying on a separate business in the course of such business	 other members of the family having no share or interest in that business shall not be disqualified under section 7(d). The contract in the present case was for felling trees in a Government forest and transporting them for delivery at the places specified therein. There is now no dispute that this contract is one that falls within section 7(d) of the Act. The point in controversy is simply whether the contract with the Government was entered into on behalf of the joint family	 of which the appellant is a member. The agreement stands in the name of one Kuppuswami Karayalar	 and the allegations in the petition are that he is a mere name lender for one Krishnaswami Karayalar	 who is the manager of a joint family consisting of himself and his sons	 the appellant being one of them	 and that he entered into the contract in question on behalf of and for the benefit of the joint family. The case of the appellant	 on the other hand	 is that Kuppuswami whose name appears in the contract was the person solely entitled to the benefits thereof	 that he was not a name lender for Krishnaswami Karayalar	 and that further neither he nor the joint family had any interest in the contract. Certain other pleas were also put forward by him	 but they are not now material. 61 480 The following issues were framed on the above con tentions: " (2) Is the said joint family the owner of the right and benefits of the contract for the felling and removal of timber from Coupe No. 4	 Nedumangad Taluq	 entered into with the Forest Department	 Travancore Cochin State? Has the joint family any interest in the said contract? (3) Is Mr. Kuppuswami Karayalar whose name appears as the contractor only a name lender for the joint Hindu family of which the respondent is a member?" On issue 3	 the Tribunal found that Krishnaswami Karayalar was the real contracting party	 and that Kuppuswami was a benamidar for him	 and on issue 2	 that the contract was entered into on behalf of the joint family	 of which the appellant was a member. On these findings	 it held that the appellant was disqualified under section 7(d) read with section 9(2)	 and declared his election void. The appellant questions the correctness of this order firstly on the ground that the finding that Kuppuswami is a benamidar for Krishnaswami Karayalar is not warranted by the evidence	 and secondly on the ground that the finding that Krishnaswami entered into the contract on behalf of the joint family is based on a mistake of law and is unsustainable. On the first question	 Mr. Kumaramangalam for the appellant admitts that there is evidence in support of the conclusion that Kuppuswami was a benamidar for Krishnaswami	 but contends that it is meagre and worthless. The question whether a person is a benamidar or not	 is purely one of fact	 and a finding thereon cannot be interfered with in special appeal	 if there is evidence on which it could be based. We must	 therefore	 accept the finding of the Tribunal that it was Krishnaswami	 the father of the appellant	 who was the real contracting party to the agreement with the Government. The next question is whether Krishnaswami entered into the contract in his own personal capacity or as manager of the joint family. The Tribunal found 481 as a fact that the business started by Krishnaswami Karayalar was a new venture	 and instead of proceeding next to consider on the evidence whether in entering into the contract he acted for himself or for the joint family	 it entered into a discussion whether under the Hindu law there was a presumption that a business started by a coparcener was joint family business. After observing that there was no such presumption "in the case of an ordinary manager"	 it held that "the law is different when the manager happens to be also the father". It then referred to certain decisions in which it had been held that the sons were liable for the debts incurred by the father for a new business started by him	 and held "on the above authorities that the joint family of the respondent is the owner of the right and benefit of the present contract". The appellant contends that the statement of law by the Tribunal that there is a presumption that a new business started by the father is joint family business is erroneous	 and that its finding that the joint family of which the appellant was a member had an interest in the contract of Krishnaswami could not be supported	 as it was based solely on the view which it took of the law. This criticism is	 in our opinion	 well founded. Under the Hindu law	 there is no presumption that a business standing in the name of any member is a joint family one even when that member is the manager of the family	 and it makes no difference in this respect that the manager is the father of the coparceners. It is no doubt true that with reference to a trade newly started there is this difference between the position of a father and a manager	 that while the debts contracted therefor by the former would be binding on the sons on the theory of pious obligation	 those incurred by a manager would not be binding on the members	 unless at least there was necessity for the starting of the trade	 as to which see Ram Nath vs Chiranji Cal(1)	 Chotey Lai vs Dulip Narain (2) and Hayat Ali vs Nem Chand(3). But (1) 	All. 605. (2) Patna 386. (3) A.1	R. 1945 Lab. 169	 482 it is one thing to say that the sons are liable for the debts contracted by the father in the trade newly started by him	 and quite another thing to treat the trade itself as a joint family concern. We are therefore unable to accept the finding of the Tribunal that the contract of Krishnaswami Karayalar should	 as a matter of law	 be held to be a joint family business of himself and his sons. This conclusion	 however	 is not sufficient to dispose of the matter. The case of the respondent that Krishnaswami entered into the contract with the Government of Travancore Cochin on behalf of the joint family rests not merely on a presumption of law but on evidence as to facts and circumstances which	 if accepted	 would be sufficient to sustain a finding in his favour. In the view it took of the law on the question	 the Tribunal did not discuss the evidence bearing on this point or record a finding thereon. It is therefore necessary that there should be a remittal of the case for 'a consideration of this question on the evidence. The appellant contends that there is only the evidence of the respondent in support of the plea that the contract was entered into by Krishnaswami on behalf of the joint family	 and that this Court could itself record a finding thereon. But it is argued by the respondent that there are in the judgment of the Tribunal several observations which would support the conclusion that the contract was entered into on behalf of the joint family. Thus ' it is pointed out that in para 5 of the judgment the Tribunal observes that Krishnaswami Karayalar started this new business with a view to discharge the family debts. It further observes in para 6 that the business required an initial investment of about Rs. 25	000 to Rs. 30	000	 and that while there is evidence that about Rs. 7	000 had been borrowed by Krishnaswami Karayalar	 there is no evidence bow the balance was made up. The contention of the respondent is that this must have proceeded from the joint family funds	 and that implicit in the finding of the Tribunal. It is this is also mentioned in the judgment of the Tribunal that 483 Krishnaswami was anxious to support his son	 the present appellant	 and that many of the witnesses whom the respondent was obliged to examine	 were really anxious to help the appellant. (Vide para 12). We do not	 however	 desire to express any opinion on these contentions	 as we propose to leave them to the decision of the Tribunal. We accordingly set aside the order of the Tribunal	 and direct that the Election Commission do reconstitute the Tribunal to hear and decide the question whether Krishnaswami Karayalar entered into the contract with the Government of Travancore Cochin on behalf of the joint family or for his own personal benefit	 on a consideration of the evidence on record. It is made clear that no further evidence will be allowed. The parties will bear their own costs in this Court. Appeal allowed. Case remitted for hearing.

There is no presumption in Hindu Law that a business standing in the name of a member of the Hindu joint family is joint family business	 even when that member is the manager or the father. There is this difference between the position of the father starting a new business and a mere manager doing so that while the debts contracted by the father in such business are binding on the sons on the theory of a son 's pious obligation to pay his father 's debt	 those contracted by the latter are not binding on the other 478 members of the family unless	 at least	 it can be shown that the starting of the business was necessary. Ram Nath vs Chiranii Lal	 ([1934] I.L.R. 57 All. 605)	 Chhotey Lal Chaudhury vs Dalip Narain Singh	 ([1938] I.L.R. 17 Patna 386)	 Hayat Ali Shah vs Nem Chand (A.I.R. 	 referred to. But this distinctive position of the father does not by itself make the new business started by him a joint business of the undivided family. The question of benami is a question of fact and where there is evidence to support a finding that a person is a benamidar for another	 the Supreme Court in a Special appeal will not interfere with it. Consequently	 in a case where an election was challenged on the ground that the candidate returned was interested in a contract entered into by his father	 benami in the name of another	 with the Government for felling trees and transporting timber and as such disqualified to stand for election under section 7(d) read with section 9(2) of the Representation of the People Act and the Tribunal found on evidence that the father was the real contracting party but without considering the evidence on the other point which	 if believed	 might sustain a finding that the father was meting on behalf of the family	 presumed as a matter of law that the ion had interest in the contract and declared the election void	 Held	 that the Tribunal took an erroneous view of the law and made a wrong presumption	 so its decision must be set aside	 and as the findings are not sufficient for disposal of the matter the case must be remitted back for rehearing on the evidence on record.