https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298037 Whether a plaint filed in a company's former name after a lawful change and issuance of a fresh incorporation certificate is a mere misdescription was examined by reference to statutory provisions preserving corporate continuity and precedents allowing correction of misdescriptions by amendment. The article explains that change of name does not alter corporate identity, that a company may be identified by characteristics beyond its name, and that where the entity remains identifiable the error is amendable without causing prejudice or substituting a different legal person; accordingly amendment substituting the new name was proper. en-us Fri, 24 Aug 1979 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 06 Oct 2021 13:16:14 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298037 Whether a plaint filed in a company's former name after a lawful change and issuance of a fresh incorporation certificate is a mere misdescription was examined by reference to statutory provisions preserving corporate continuity and precedents allowing correction of misdescriptions by amendment. The article explains that change of name does not alter corporate identity, that a company may be identified by characteristics beyond its name, and that where the entity remains identifiable the error is amendable without causing prejudice or substituting a different legal person; accordingly amendment substituting the new name was proper. Case-Laws Companies Law Fri, 24 Aug 1979 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298037