Where there are more defendants than one, and one or more of them appear, and the others do not appear, the suit shall proceed, and the Court shall, at the time of pronouncing judgment, make such order as it thinks fit with respect to the defendants who do not appear.
THE FIRST SCHEDULE · ORDER IX Appearance of parties and consequence of non-appearance
Order IX Rule 11: Procedure in case of non-attendance of one or more of several defendants
The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908