GPA (General Power of Attorney)

A legal instrument authorising one person (the agent/attorney) to act on behalf of another (the principal) for specified purposes. Following the Suraj Lamp judgment (delivered 11 October 2011, reported at (2012) 1 SCC 656), the Supreme Court held that a GPA cannot be used as a substitute for a registered sale deed to transfer immovable property.

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