Service of summons on corporate bodies, firms, and societies
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Summary
A summons to a company or corporation can be served by handing it to a Director, Manager, Secretary or other officer, or by sending it by registered post addressed to such an officer in India. If sent by registered post, service is treated as effected when the letter would arrive in the ordinary course of post. For a firm or other association, service may be effected on any partner or by registered post to that partner, with the same deemed-service rule.
Example
Priya sues a small delivery company and posts the summons by registered post addressed to its Manager, Rohan, in India. The summons will be treated as served when that letter would have arrived in the ordinary course of post.
Bare Act
Enacted text(1) Service of a summons on a company or corporation may be effected by serving it on the Director, Manager, Secretary or other officer of the company or corporation, or by letter sent by registered post addressed to the Director, Manager, Secretary or other officer of the company or corporation in India, in which case the service shall be deemed to have been effected when the letter would arrive in ordinary course of post.
Explanation.-In this section, "company" means a body corporate and "corporation" means an incorporated company or other body corporate registered under the Companies Act, 2013 or a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
(2) Service of a summons on a firm or other association of individuals may be effected by serving it on any partner of such firm or association, or by letter sent by registered post addressed to such partner, in which case the service shall be deemed to have been effected when the letter would arrive in ordinary course of post.
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