Rule 1 Order XXX of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Suing of partners in name of firm"
(1) Any two or more persons claiming or being liable as
partners and carrying on business in, India may sue or be
sued in the name of the firm (if any) of which such persons
were partners at the time of the accruing of the cause of
action, and any party to a suit may in such case apply to
the Court for a statement of the names and addresses of the
persons who were, at the time of the accruing of the cause
of action, partners in such firm, to be furnished and
verified in such manner as the Court may direct.
(2) Where persons sue or are sued partners in the name of
their firm under sub-rule (1), it shall, in the case of any
pleading or other document required by or under this Code to
be signed, verified or certified by the plaintiff or the
defendant, suffice such pleading or other document is
signed, verified or certified by any one of such persons.
Rule 2 Order XXX of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Disclosure of partners' names"
(1) Where a suit is instituted by partners in the name of
their firm, the plaintiffs or their pleader shall, on
demanding writing by or on behalf of any defendant,
forthwith declare in writing the names and places of
residence of all the persons constituting the firm on whose
behalf the suit is instituted.
(2) Where the plaintiffs or their pleader fail to comply
with any demand made under sub-rule (1) all proceedings in
the suit may, upon an application for that purpose, be
stayed upon such terms as the Court may direct.
(3) Where the names of the partners are declared in the
manner referred to in sub-rule (1) the suit shall proceed in
the same manner, and the same consequences in all respects
shall follow, as if they had been named as plaintiffs in the
plaint :
Provided that all proceedings shall nevertheless continue in
the name of the firm, but the name of the partners disclosed
in the manner specified in sub-rule (1) shall be entered in
the decree.
Rule 3 Order XXX of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Service"
Where persons are sued as partners in the name of their
firm, the summons shall be served either-
(a) upon any one or more of the partners, or
(b) at the principal place at which the partnership business
is carried on within India upon any person having, at the
time of service, the control or management of the
partnership business, there,
as the Court may direct; and such service shall be deemed
good service upon the firm so sued, whether all or any of
the partners are within or without India :
Provided that, in the case of a partnership which has been
dissolved to the knowledge of the plaintiff before the
institution of the suit, the summons shall be served upon
every person within India whom it is sought to make liable.
Rule 4 Order XXX of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Rights of suit on death of partner"
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 45 of
the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872) where two or more
persons may sue or be sued in the name of a firm under the
foregoing provisions and any of such persons dies, whether
before the institution or during the pendency of any suit,
it shall not be necessary to join the legal representative
of the deceased as a party to the suit.
(2) Nothing in sub-rule (1) shall limit or otherwise effect
any right which the legal representative of the deceased may
have-
(a) to apply to be made a party to the suit, or
(b) to enforce any claim against the survivor or survivors.
Rule 5 Order XXX of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Notice in what capacity served"
Where a summons is issued to a firm and is served in the manner provided by rule 3, every person upon whom it is served shall be informed by notice in writing given at the time of such service, whether he is served as a partner or as a person having the control or in both characters, and, in default of such notice, the person served shall be deemed to be served as a partner.
Rule 6 Order XXX of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Appearance of partners"
Where persons are sued as partners in the name of their firm, they shall appear individually in their own names, but all subsequent proceedings shall, nevertheless, continue in the name of the firm.
Rule 7 Order XXX of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "No appearance except by partners"
Where a summons is served in the manner provided by rule 3 upon a person having the control or management of the partnership business, no appearance by him shall be necessary unless he is a partner of the firm sued.
Rule 8 Order XXX of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Appearance under protest"
(1) Any person served with summons as a partner under
rule 3 may enter an appearance under protest, denying that
he was a partner at any material time.
(2) On such appearance being made, either the plaintiff or
the person entering the appearance may, at any time before
the date fixed for hearing and final disposal of the suit,
apply to the Court for determining whether that person was a
partner of the firm and liable as such.
(3) If, on such application, the Court holds that he was a
partner at the material time, that shall not preclude the
person from filing a defence denying the liability of the
firm in respect of the claim against the defendant,
(4) If the Court. however, holds that such person was not a
partner of the firm and was not liable as such that shall
not preclude the plaintiff from otherwise serving a summons
on the firm and proceeding with the suit; but in that event,
the plaintiff shall be precluded from alleging the liability
of that person as a partner of the firm in execution of any
decree that may be passed against the firm.
Rule 9 Order XXX of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Suits between co-partners"
This Order shall apply to suits between a firm and one or more of the partners therein and to suits between firms having one or more partners in common; but no execution shall be issued in such suits except by leave of the Court, and, on an application for leave to issue such execution, all such accounts and inquiries may be directed to be taken and made and directions given as may be just.
Rule 10 Order XXX of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Suit against person carrying on business in name other than his own"
Any person carrying on business in a name or style other than his own name, or a Hindu undivided family carrying on business under any name, may be sued in such name or style as if it were a firm name, and, in so far as the nature of such case permits, all rules under this Order shall apply accordingly.