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Looking for answers (owner)     17 November 2019

Co-applicant pay half loan

Respected Members

Can a co-applicant in a housing loan pay half of the loan amount and clear his name from the bank records?  



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srinu rokkam   17 November 2019

no. he can't clear his share of the loan. it is the liability of both the borrowers to pay the loan jointly. so there is no partition of loan liability in between them. they are jointly and severally liable to pay. if anything paid against the load that be adjusted to the outstanding dues of loan and remaining balance be fresh outstanding against both of them.
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Real Soul.... (LEGAL)     17 November 2019

If the Liablities are specified and defined then he can clear away ; The joint laiblity would clear upon full payment

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Looking for answers (owner)     17 November 2019

Thanks a lot for your valuable inputs.

G.L.N. Prasad (Retired employee.)     17 November 2019

There is a possibility of requesting the bank to substitute the co-obligant with another person with more creditworthy, and if the bank, present borrower and the new co obligant agree there is a possibility of completely getting exonerated from entire liability of the present co-obligant.  It all depends on the responsibility of co-obligant,in present loan whether he is also beneficiary or stood as co-obligant with relationship or due to his designation (office bearer/director) or as his property is offered as security for the present loan etc.,

Dr J C Vashista (Advocate)     18 November 2019

Both the borrower and co-borrower has to repay entire outstanding loan amount jointly and severally, which can not be bifercated as 1/2 share.

Sankaranarayanan (Advocate)     24 December 2019

No is the answer . once pay back entire amount of loan is must.


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