Ukku Banda vs Lapaya – clr volume 2 page 038

In the case between plaintiffs (successors to Loku Banda) and defendants (tenants of the relevant paraveni lands), the court addressed whether an action for a debt owed by several joint creditors can be maintained without joining all interested parties, particularly in the context of commuted payments for service land. It was held that an action must include all joint creditors as parties, and dismissal is appropriate where a necessary co-creditor is omitted and no proposal is made to add such party, reaffirming the procedural principle that all impacted parties must be before the court for a collective debt. This decision was based on Section 17 of the Civil Procedure Code, emphasizing that the right to add parties cannot be exercised at the discretion of the plaintiff alone and highlight