https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290604 Misdescription of a firm name in pleadings does not by itself create a non-joinder defect where the individual partners are sufficiently identifiable, because a firm is only a collective name for its members and not a separate legal person. Failure to substitute the legal representative of a deceased defendant within 90 days may cause abatement, but the abatement can be set aside on sufficient cause, including bona fide mistake and absence of an early objection to joinder. A person with only a sub-partnership or family-share interest is not necessarily a partner in the principal firm and need not be joined as a necessary party. en-us Sat, 03 Feb 1923 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 06 Oct 2020 17:31:48 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290604 Misdescription of a firm name in pleadings does not by itself create a non-joinder defect where the individual partners are sufficiently identifiable, because a firm is only a collective name for its members and not a separate legal person. Failure to substitute the legal representative of a deceased defendant within 90 days may cause abatement, but the abatement can be set aside on sufficient cause, including bona fide mistake and absence of an early objection to joinder. A person with only a sub-partnership or family-share interest is not necessarily a partner in the principal firm and need not be joined as a necessary party. Case-Laws Indian Laws Sat, 03 Feb 1923 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290604