makes the following observations:
"A sleeping partner is nevertheless a partner, even
when he only 'sleeps'. Sometimes partners are
absolutely inactive ... partner could seek eviction of a tenant from a building owned by a
partnership firm, whether such partner is a sleeping partner or not
makes
partner. According to partnership laws, a partner is the agent of other partner and the firm. Therefore, issuing cheque by a partner on behalf ... characteristic of a firm is that each partner is a representative of other partners. Each of the partners is an agent as well
A.V.Mithra Devi @ Mithra R.Rao vs Sobhana V.Shenoy on 12 January, 2021
partner, and the 4th respondent was only a sleeping
partner having no role in the business. The 4 th respondent
claimed that she has been ... partner, the 4 th respondent
claimed that she was only a sleeping partner, having no role in
the business of the partnership firm. The petitioner
partner, and the 4th respondent was only a sleeping
partner having no role in the business. The 4 th respondent
claimed that she has been ... partner, the 4 th respondent
claimed that she was only a sleeping partner, having no role in
the business of the partnership firm. The petitioner
Class II, Cherthala (Annexure A3). They claims
that they are the sleeping partners and as such,
not responsible for the non-payment of provident
fund ... Kerala (2016 (2) KHC 338),
they advanced a case that the sleeping partner
would not come under the purview of 'employer
year or two. The raid may wake up the sleeping partners to corrective actions. The orders in question which are the subject-matter of appeals
firm. There may be partners, better known as sleeping partners, who are not required to take any part in the business of the firm. There
personally engage in any business; but he may be a sleeping partner in a firm doing business provided that, in the opinion of the appropriate
contention that they are the managing partners of the firm on behalf of which the co-accused/managing partner had issued the cheque. There ... being invoked as a measure of oppression against sleeping partners who have nothing to do with the day-to-day transactions of a firm
