Further is it correct to say that a company being an artificial person cannot own property and cannot sue or be sued?

CA Foundation · Business Laws · RTP · September 2025
Further is it correct to say that a company being an artificial person cannot own property and cannot sue or be sued?

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The statement given is incorrect - A company is an artificial person as it is created by a process other than natural birth. It is legal or judicial as it is created by law. It is a person since it is clothed with all the rights of an individual. Further, the company being a separate legal entity can own property, have banking account, raise loans, incur liabilities and enter into contracts. Even members can contract with company, acquire right against it or incur liability to it. It can sue and be sued in its own name. It can do everything which any natural person can do except be sent to jail, take an oath, marry or practice a learned profession. Hence, it is a legal person in its own sense.

Topics: The Companies Act, 2013

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