• Unauthorized power of attorney

My case is such,

At the time of my divorce I paid healthy money to my wife. After that she applied for injunction order against my property on the name of my son who is residing at USA and my ex wife is power of attorney holder who stays in India.
I won injunction order application in lower court and high court. They didn't proceed in Supreme Court and now my case has come as a suit in civil Court and I have to fight this suit. Now injunction order process by the opponent was on the basis of power of attorney from my son who is residing in USA and this power of attorney was given to my ex wife means his mother. This power of attorney is not having single procedure which should be done at USA or in India and when I raised this issue in the court in procedure of injunction order I was advised that you will get benefit of this at the time of procedding of suit. Now my questions are that can I apply for not procedding the case or suit against my property on the basis of that power of attorney hasn't any due procedure done and it is not valid. Which kind of application I can make for this and what is technical name for this thing. Importantly, in which civil procedure code I can apply that power of attorney is void and suit can not proceed. How and by which route I can proceed for this in court? My second question is that if this power of attorney is not valid can they put another power of attorney? Is it legal to put another power of attorney?How can I resist or oppose for second power of attorney?
Another question is that I am single now and I am not remarried. Suppose I get verdict that property is ancestry and my son has right on it and if I marry after this verdict can my new wife get official part in this property? I want to make assure that my new wife must get part in this property.I want to know should I marry before verdict to assure share in my property of my new wife or it's ok to marry after verdict which (verdict )may be against me. Marrying before verdict or after verdict does make any difference in claiming my new wife's rights in property?


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Asked 3 years ago in Property Law
Religion: Hindu

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It is necessary to peruse POA executed by your son to advice 

 

2) 

If no cause of action is disclosed in the plaint or if the suit is barred by limitation, the court would not permit protraction of the proceedings. In such a case, it would be necessary to put an end to the sham litigation, so further judicial time is not wasted. Placing reliance on Azhar Hussain v. Rajiv Gandhi it opined that the entire purpose of conferment of such powers under O7 R 11 is to ensure that a litigation, which is meaningless, and bound to prove abortive should not be permitted to occupy the time of the courts, and exercise the mind of the respondent.

The Determining Test   

The SC clarified that courts, while dealing with such an application seeking rejection of a plaint, ought to determine whether the plaint discloses a cause of action by scrutinisingthe averments in the plaint, read in conjunction with the documents relied upon. In this regard, it also clarified that while making such a determination, courts would have to disregard the pleas taken by the defendant in the written statement and application for rejection of the plaint on merit.Hence, the SC clarified that while determining any application filed under O 7 R11, the courts should restrict itself to the plaint and should not go into the detail facts as provided under the written statement or even the application filed under O7 R 11.

 

3) if you remarry your wife would inherit share in your property 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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-    You won only injunction order in trial court and High Court.

You not won the entire case.

 

-    You can challenge the POA however you can not bar new POA.

 

-    You should remarry immediately.

Your new wife will get your self-earned property and inherited share after your death.

But to protect your self-earned property, you can make WILL.

The child with new marriage will get inherited share.

Ankur Goel
Advocate, Bangalore
454 Answers

If the power of attorney was executed in USA then it should have been attested by a notary public of that country by an official of Indian high commission/embassy.

If it was executed in India, then you must confirm if the principal was available or not in India at the time of execution of th deed, buy asking the court to direct her to produce the copy of his passport having the immigration details to prove that he was in India at that time.

You must also confirm that if he has any rights in the property i.e., if it is your self acquired property or inherited from your father then it becomes your own property, in which he do not have any rights at least not during your lifetime.

In that circumstances you can file a petition under order 7 rule 11 to reject the plaint.

Therefore if the details of the suit is known you can be suggested/advised of more such solutions to tackle the suit legally and get it dismissed.

 

If this power of attorney is not valid then your ex-wife has no locus standi to prosecute the suit, she cannot continue by producing a different power of attorney deed filling up the lacuna, the court will dismiss the suit for the defective power of attorney deed she produced before court.

By your remarriage, your second wife shall not become a shareholder to your property whether self acquired or ancestral and she cannot claim any rights in the properties lying on your name as a right, at least not during your lifetime.

Therefore you need not hurry to remarry just for this purpose.

 

 

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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1. Under Hindu Law a wife is not a coparcener, so she has no share in the ancestral property of her husband during latter's lifetime.

2. Marrying before or after verdict makes no difference.

Ashish Davessar
Advocate, Jaipur
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Dear Sir,

1) If the POA has been made without falling all procedures, the same will be invalid. POA needs to examined for the same.

2) You can contest the validity of pot and seek the plaint to be rejected based on the mother having no locus stand and no cause of action.

3) You cannot stop the son from executing another POA in favor of mother.

4) If the property is declared ancestral, you can seek partition of property, you will acquire a part of the property.

5) Second wife can claim right to the property from your part of the property, as the same after partition acquire the nature of self acquired, you will be able to will the same to your second wife.

Thank you

 

Anik Miu
Advocate, Bangalore
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  1. Order III Rule 1 of Civil Procedure Code, 1908 provides that every appearance in can only be made by recognized agent or pleader. Under Order III Rule 2 (a) a recognized agent is one who is holding POA of the party. As the POA held by mother is not valid she cannot appear for her son. Submit an application under Order III Rule (2) (a) seeking dismissal of suit as POA is not valid.
  2. She can file a proper POA and continue the suit. Only on the ground of invalid POA suit cannot be dismissed you need to contest the suit on merit. An invalid POA is only a procedural irregularity it can be cured at any stage of suit.
  3. The share of son in ancestral property will be allotted to him. New wife will not affect the share of son neither she will have any claim over the share of son.
  4. After decree of divorce you can marry at any time before or after the judgment, it  makes no difference on the verdict of suit.

Ravi Shinde
Advocate, Hyderabad
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