Court Rules LLPs Can Partner with Individuals u/s 4 of the Partnership Act, Recognizes LLPs as "Persons.

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....Rejection of registration of a partnership firm constituted by the petitioner - whether LLP can be treated as a person which can be permitted to form a partnership with an individual? - Section 4 of the Partnership Act permits Constitution of a firm or partnership between one or more persons. In this case the partnership deed was executed between an individual and an LLP which is a body corporate having a legal entity and coming within the definition of “person”. The individual liability of the partners of LLP would not be relevant when the LLP itself would have liability independent of the liability of the partners. - HC....