Court Fees Act, 1850
7.Disability of one of several persons .-
Where one of several person jointly entitled to institute a suit
or make an application for the execution of a decree is under any such
disability, and a discharge can be given without the concurrence of such
person, time will run against them all; where no such discharge can be given,
time will not run as against any of them until one of them becomes capable of
giving such discharge without the concurrence of the others or until the
disability has ceased.
Explanation I. -- This section applies
to a discharge from every kind of liability, including a liability in respect
of any immovable property.
Explanation II.-- For the purposes of this section, the Manager
of a Hindu undivided family governed by the Mitakshara
law shall be deemed to be capable of giving a discharge without the concurrence
of the other members of the family only if he is in management of the joint
family property.