9Misjoinder and non-joinder.
Order 1, Rule 9
No suit shall be defeated by reason of the misjoinder or non-joinder of parties, and the Court may in every suit deal with the matter in controversy so far as regards the rights and interests of the parties actually before it:
3[Provided that nothing in this rule shall apply to non-joinder of a necessary party.]
3 The proviso added by, ibid., s. 52 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).