Section 114.(2)

(1) A mortgage created in favour of an [Agricultural Development Bank] either before or after commencement of this Act, by the of manager of a joint Hindu family, shall notwithstanding any law to the contrary, be binding on the members thereof, whether majors or minors, if the loan secured by the mortgage was granted for the purchase of any land or the improvement of any agricultural land or for the improved cultivation of such land. (2) Where such mortgage is called in question on the ground that it was created by the manager of a joint Hindu family, for a purpose not binding on the members thereof, whether majors or minors, the burden of proving the same shall, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, be on the party raising it.