Demand on Managing Partner Valid; Doesn't Waive Claims Against Other Partners Due to Joint and Several Liability.

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....Demand in respect of firm raised in the name of Partner - In the light of the legal nature of a partnership firm, a demand raised on the managing partner can never be vis ualised as a wrong fixation of liability. It can only be seen as a demand made on the person who is managing the affairs of the firm, for and on behalf of all its partners. Such a demand does not in any way amount to a conclusion that the claim against the other partners has been given up, since the liability of the partners is joint and several. - HC....