Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
50.Legal representative.-
(1) Where a judgment-debtor dies before the decree has been
fully satisfied the holder of the decree may apply to the Court which passed it
to execute the same against the legal representative of the deceased.
(2) Where the decree is executed against such legal
representative, he shall be liable only to the extent of the property of the
deceased which has come to his hands and has not been duly disposed of ; and
for the purpose of ascertaining such liability, the Court executing the decree
may, of its own motion or on the application of the decree-holder, compel such
legal representative to produce such accounts as it thinks fit.