1. Parties to suits for foreclosure sale and redemption.—Subject to the provisions of this Code, all persons having an interest either in the mortgage-security or in the right of redemption shall be joined as parties to any suit relating to the mortgage.
Explanation.—A puisne mortgagee may sue for foreclosure or for sale without making the prior mortgagee a party to the suit; and a prior mortgagee need not be joined in a suit to redeem a subsequent mortgage.
Text of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act No. 5 of 1908), First Schedule, as amended, including the changes for commercial disputes made by the Commercial Courts Act, 2015. Source: India Code, Government of India.
All persons having an interest in the mortgage-security or in the right of redemption must be joined as parties to any suit relating to the mortgage, subject to the Code's provisions. A puisne mortgagee may sue for foreclosure or sale without making the prior mortgagee a party, and a prior mortgagee need not be joined in a suit to redeem a subsequent mortgage.