No Trade Licence Needed To Register Partnership Firm Of Advocates Under Partnership Act: Calcutta High Court

Srinjoy Das

23 Jun 2026 9:20 AM IST

  • No Trade Licence Needed To Register Partnership Firm Of Advocates Under Partnership Act: Calcutta High Court

    The Calcutta High Court has held that a partnership firm constituted exclusively for carrying on the legal profession cannot be compelled to produce a trade licence as a precondition for registration under the Indian Partnership Act, 1932, observing that such a requirement finds no place in the statutory scheme governing registration of partnership firms.Justice Bivas Pattanayak, sitting at...

    Srinjoy Das

    Srinjoy Das

    Srinjoy Das is a Principal Correspondent with LiveLaw, covering the Calcutta High Court

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