Why M/s(messrs) is used?

Actually Messrs is Plural of Mister (Mr.), so where more then one person involved, we can use this term.

However, a firm and a company has more then 1 person so we can use this term for those but we should not use this for a proprietorship concern.

for example,for Reliance Industries can we use M/s Reliance Industries Limited.?

Originally posted by : Debasis
	for example,for Reliance Industries can we use M/s Reliance Industries Limited.?

Ya sure we can use but company itself normally should not use 'M/s.', like Mentors of Reliance Industries Limited will not add suffix 'M/s' before the name of Reliance Industries Limited.

Ya sure we can use but company itself normally should not use 'M/s.', like Mentors of Reliance Industries Limited will not add suffix 'M/s' before the name of Reliance Industries Limited

can u please explain this in detail?