Indian Contract Act 1872
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A Registered Power of Attorney, Once Exercised, Cannot Be Undone by Its Own Later Cancellation: Madras High Court on Sections 200–202 of the Contract Act
In C.Rajendran v. P. Arumugam, the Madras High Court held that an agreement of sale executed by a registered power-of-attorney agent binds the principal so long as the power was valid and unrevoked at the time of the agreement, rejecting the principals' argument that a subsequent cancellation of the power, and a disputed reading of its acreage, could defeat a decree for specific performance.
13 min readGujarat High Court: Calling a Power of Attorney 'Irrevocable' Does Not Make It So
Deciding two second appeals arising from a thirty-year dispute over agricultural land near Gandhinagar, the Gujarat High Court has reaffirmed that an 'irrevocable' power of attorney is irrevocable only if it is coupled with an interest in the property under Section 202 of the Indian Contract Act — and that a sale deed executed by an agent after valid cancellation conveys no title at all, however registered it later becomes.
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