https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=17520 A guardian's signature on the partnership deed was not treated as mandatory where a minor was admitted only to the benefits of partnership, because the governing rules required the guardian's consent to be shown to the satisfaction of the authority rather than in a fixed form. The Court also treated a defect in the registration documents as curable where the firm's genuineness was not in doubt and the applicant was given an opportunity to rectify the mistake. A subsequent declaration by the guardian was accepted as curing the formal defect and establishing consent, so the firm remained entitled to registration. en-us Thu, 26 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:57:11 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=17520 A guardian's signature on the partnership deed was not treated as mandatory where a minor was admitted only to the benefits of partnership, because the governing rules required the guardian's consent to be shown to the satisfaction of the authority rather than in a fixed form. The Court also treated a defect in the registration documents as curable where the firm's genuineness was not in doubt and the applicant was given an opportunity to rectify the mistake. A subsequent declaration by the guardian was accepted as curing the formal defect and establishing consent, so the firm remained entitled to registration. Case-Laws Income Tax Thu, 26 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=17520