Proceedings by or against joint families, etc

(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 seniormost male member of such family and, in the case of a Marumakkathayam or Aliyasantana 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 part thereof under the management of a receiver appointed by a court, it shall be sufficient to implead the receiver as party to the proceeding.