Manjunath 13 October 2019
Tapal Manjunath Reddy (Advocate) 13 October 2019
G.L.N. Prasad (Retired employee.) 13 October 2019
In general, the witness is that so and so has signed in presence of so and so witness. The contents are not relevant and witness duty is to identify the signatories.
This is not an indemnity or guarantee.
Most of the litigants, knowing that their relatives borrowed from some outsiders, after the death of borrower deny responsibility and state that they are not aware and undue influence is used to get the signatures by playing fraud.
According to my knowledge, as a precaution for due repayment, witness signatures are being taken from legal heirs
When B took a loan, her legal heirs may or may not have an interest in subject matter, and when borrowed amount purpose involves legal heir interest, advocates suggest to get a witness from legal heirs.
P. Venu (Advocate) 13 October 2019
Yes, they can provided they are not minors or otherwise disqualified.