Overview
A Power of Attorney is dangerous precisely because it is useful: it lets someone act as you — sign, sell, operate accounts, run cases. The classic mistakes are general POAs given when a specific one would do, POAs left alive after their purpose ended, and unregistered POAs used for property acts that require registration. We draft specific POAs scoped to the exact transactions, general POAs where genuinely needed with safeguards, handle registration and (for NRIs) embassy attestation guidance, and draft and publish revocations — including damage control where a POA has already been misused.
Key Provisions — Powers of Attorney Act + Registration Act, 1882 / 1908
- Specific POAs (one purpose, named property, named agent) are the safe default; general POAs deserve exceptional caution.
- POAs used for sale or long leases of immovable property effectively require registration; unregistered ones fail at the registrar.
- A POA is revocable at will (unless coupled with interest) — revocation deed, notice to the agent, and publication complete it.
- The principal remains bound by the agent's acts within scope — which is why scope drafting is the whole game.
What You Can Get
How We Handle It
Purpose Definition
What must the agent do — and everything they must NOT be able to do.
Draft & Execute
Precise powers, safeguards, and duration; execution and witnesses done right.
Register / Attest
Registration in India; embassy/apostille guidance for principals abroad.
Monitor & Revoke
Use monitored; revocation drafted and published the day it's needed.
Frequently Asked Questions
I gave my brother a general POA years ago for 'convenience' — should I worry?
If its purpose is over, revoke it. Sleeping general POAs are how surprise transactions happen; a revocation deed plus notices closes the risk in days.
Can I buy or sell property purely on a POA?
A registered POA lets your agent execute the deed for you — common and lawful. What the Supreme Court barred is treating a POA itself as a substitute for a sale deed ('GPA sales'). The transfer still needs a registered deed.
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