Supreme Court of India
John Mathew v. Santha Paul
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What the Court ordered
In the result, the trial court order in IA 2467/2018 [sic.] is confirmed.
Judgment, page 31
In brief
The plaintiff executed a General Power of Attorney on 21.05.2005 in favour of Defendant No. 1 to manage and improve his agricultural land, contending that the authority to convey was confined to documents he was himself obliged to execute and did not extend to settling terms of sale. On 25.05.2005 Defendant No. 1 executed a sale deed of the suit property in favour of Defendant No. 2 (the appellant); the plaintiff claimed he learnt of this only on 22.05.2009 after revoking the GPA, and that the sale was without consent or consideration and hence void ab initio.…
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