https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=102101 Service of summons on a limited company must comply with the Companies Act, and not merely the general rule for corporations under Order 29 Rule 2 CPC. Summons and other documents must be served at the registered office; service sent only to the company's business premises was therefore not treated as due service. The presumption arising from a registered-post endorsement of refusal was rebutted by evidence that the office was closed during the relevant period. As valid service was absent, limitation for setting aside the ex parte decree ran from actual knowledge of the decree, and the application was held to be within time. en-us Thu, 14 Mar 1991 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:54:30 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=102101 Service of summons on a limited company must comply with the Companies Act, and not merely the general rule for corporations under Order 29 Rule 2 CPC. Summons and other documents must be served at the registered office; service sent only to the company's business premises was therefore not treated as due service. The presumption arising from a registered-post endorsement of refusal was rebutted by evidence that the office was closed during the relevant period. As valid service was absent, limitation for setting aside the ex parte decree ran from actual knowledge of the decree, and the application was held to be within time. Case-Laws Companies Law Thu, 14 Mar 1991 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=102101