Ramakrishna Nadar And Anr. vs Ponnayya Thirumalai Vandaya Thevar And ... on 23 September, 1935
"I agree with Mr. Krishnaswami lyer that the case of the plaintiff is not as strong as in the case just quoted, for S. 69(2), Partnership Act, embodies a principle of public policy intended to penalise partnerships which do not register. However, when the registration has been carried out, the requirements of the Legislature are fulfilled and there is no reason in equity why from the moment of registration a suil previously filed should not be allowed to go on. This suit is not of course one in which the subsequent act of registration validated the plaint from the date of its being filed; for no suit was maintainable before the date of registration. The most that the plaintiff can ask for is that his plaint should be treated as a valid one from the date of registration. A very similar case was considered by a Bench of this Court in Ramakrishna Nadar v. Thirumalai Vanda-yathevan, AIR 1936 Mad 24."