Limitation Act, 1963
7. Disability of one of several persons –
Where one of several persons 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; but, 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 cased.
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.