Landmark case · Law of Contract – II · Semester 2
Dulichand Laxminarayan v. CIT
AIR 1956 SC 354 · Supreme Court of India
A firm is not a separate legal person; it is a compendious name for the partners who constitute it.
From topic
Nature of partnership, relations of partners and third parties — Unit V, Law of Contract – II.
Related sections:
- Indian Partnership Act, 1932, 4 — Definition of partnership
- Indian Partnership Act, 1932, 6 — Mode of determining existence of partnership
- Indian Partnership Act, 1932, 9–17 — Duties and rights of partners inter se
- Indian Partnership Act, 1932, 18–30 — Relations of partners to third parties, implied authority and incoming/outgoing partners