Company is a voluntary association of persons formed for the purpose of doing business having a distinct name and limited
liability. It is a juristic person having a separate legal entity distinct from the members who constitute it, capable of
rights and duties of its own and endowed with the potential of perpetual succession. The Companies Act, 1956, states that 'company' includes company formed and registered under the Act or an existing company i.e. a company formed or registered under any of the previous company laws.

However, company is not a citizen so as to claim fundamental rights granted to citizens. Company is a juristic person and
it can file a suit as an indigent person

An Expression 'person' includes not merely a natural person but also other juridical persons. A company being a juristic
person would be represented before a Court of law or any other place by a person competent to represent it. It is enough that the person competent to represent a company presents the application on behalf of the company. Minors, lunatics or person under any disability are also entitled to file a suit either through guardian or the next friend. In such a case it is the guardian or next friend who is competent to represent the petitioner.

Company is a separate legal entity Company is separate legal entity distinct from its shareholders. The major constituents of a company are its members who are the ultimate owners and its directors. It is an important feature of the company form of business, that there is a gap between the ownership and control over the affairs of the company. In real sense the members are the owners of a company, but it is being managed by the directors who are elected representatives of its members, because it is absolutely necessary for it to have a human agency called as the Company's board of directors. The Board of Directors comprises the directors.