Unit III · Jurisprudence

Natural and legal persons

Study aid only. Confirm statute numbers with the current bare Act and the official OU LL.B. (3-YDC) 2024–25 syllabus PDF.

Statute sections

Act / instrument	Section	Name
Companies Act, 2013	9	Effect of registration — company as a body corporate

[1897] AC 22 · House of Lords

A registered company is a separate legal person.

(2000) 4 SCC 146 · Supreme Court of India

The Guru Granth Sahib was treated as a juristic person in context.