When a mortgagee acquires a portion of equity of redemption, the mortgage is not extinguished completely. There can be only a pro tanto extinguishment of the mortgage right to the extent of the mortgagee acquiring the mortgagor's interest and so far as the other sharer of the equity of redemption is concerned, the mortgagee will subsist. This was held in case of:
When a mortgagee acquires a portion of equity of redemption, the mortgage is not extinguished completely. There can be only a pro tanto extinguishment of the mortgage right to the extent of the mortgagee acquiring the mortgagor's interest and so far as the other sharer of the equity of redemption is concerned, the mortgagee will subsist. This was held in case of: Correct Answer Madhavan v. Madhavan, AIR 1994 Ker 75
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