In Brief
The plaintiff-owner executed a special power of attorney to a deed writer (second defendant) to sell his land for Rs. 55,000, but claimed to have cancelled it on 2 February 1987 after the intended buyer (first defendant) failed to arrange funds. The deed writer nonetheless executed a sale deed for Rs. 30,000 and registered it. The trial court rejected the plaintiff's claim of cancellation and granted only a rendition of accounts. The High Court reversed this, declaring the sale void. The Supreme Court allowed the first defendant's appeal, holding that: (1) the production of the original power of attorney was unnecessary for valid registration; (2) oral or informal cancellation without proper notice to third parties could not invalidate a subsequently executed sale deed; and (3) the plaintiff's own correspondence contradicted his claim of prior cancellation.
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