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2021 (8) TMI 1416 - MADRAS HIGH COURTSuit for declaration, recovery of possession and permanent injunction - entitlement for the decree to declare that the plaintiff is the owner in title of the property mentioned in the suit schedule of property - HELD THAT:- The Power of Attorney executed outside India has to be adjudicated in India as per the provisions of Section 18 of the Indian Stamp Act. The Power of Attorney having been failed to get adjudicated by a competent authority is not entitled to represent the plaintiff as Power holder and it is not valid. Whereas, the Court below failed to frame any issue in this regard, whether the Power of Attorney, which was marked as Ex. A.6 is valid or not. However, as rightly pointed out by the learned counsel for the first appellant/third defendant this issue can be raised before this Court and it can be answered by this Court. The Court below brushed aside the issue that if substantive justice and technicalities are fitted against each other with the technicalities go and substantive justice shall revive. Since the Power of Attorney itself was not adjudicated before the authority concerned and as such, the Power holder has no authority to depose on behalf of the plaintiff. Section 18 of the Indian Stamp Act, mandates the adjudication before the registering authority when the Power of Attorney is executed outside India. Therefore, the Power holder cannot maintain the suit, unless the Power of Attorney is adjudicated before the registering authority. This Appeal Suit is allowed.
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