First Schedule · Order 30 · Rule 3
Service
3. Service.—Where persons are sued as partners in the name of their firm, the summons shall be served either—
(a) upon any one or more of the partners, or
(b) at the principal place at which the partnership business is carried on within [India] upon any person having, at the time of service, the control or management of the partnership business, there, as the Court may direct; and such service shall be deemed good service upon the firm so sued, whether all or any of the partners are within or without [India]:
Provided that, in the case of a partnership which has been dissolved to the knowledge of the plaintiff before the institution of the suit, the summons shall be served upon every person within [India] whom it is sought to make liable.
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Banaka editorial consolidation of the general central text, with the 2025 postal-service amendments applied. Not an official or certified edition. State/High Court variations, commercial-dispute modifications and prescribed Appendix forms are not consolidated here; consult the source and applicable court rules. Hindi learning guides are original explanations, not a statutory translation. Source checked: 2026-10-01. Source PDF page: 189. Government reference PDF. 2025 amending Act. For reference and study, not individual legal advice.