State Act
Section 114. Proceedings by or against joint families, etc.
THE MAHE LAND REFORMS ACT, 1968
114. (1) Where, in any proceeding under this Act, a joint family is a party, it shall be sufficient to implead the manager, karanavan or yajaman and the senior most male member of such family and, in the case of a maramakkathayam or aliyasanthana family, also the karanavan or yajaman of each tavazhi or kavaru, but any other member of the family shall have the right to get himself impleaded as a party. (2) Where any such proceeding relates to any property or party thereof under the management of a receiver appointed by a court, it shall be sufficient to implead the receiver as party to the proceeding *[and notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, it shall not be necessary to obtain the permission of the court, which appointed the receiver for so impleading him.] *[(3) The provisions of this section shall have effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other provision of this Act.]