Harishankar Lath And Ors. vs General Merchants Ltd. on 15 February, 1956
In support of his contention that 'partner' in Order 30, Civil P. C. means a partner by contract and not by personal law and the 'firm' does not include joint family business, learned counsel relied upon the cases of 'Ramchandra Ramkisan v. Narayandas Sundarlal 1936 Nag 292 (AIR V23) (A); Mahabir Ram v. Ram Krishen Ram', 1936 All 855 (AIR V23) (B), 'Lalchand Amonmal v. M. C. Boid and Co.', 1934 Cal 810 (AIR V21) (C) and 'Motilal Chhajulal v. Giridharilal Rameshwsrlar, 1942 Cal 613 (AIR V29) (D).