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Dear Client,
The validity of General Power of Attorney extinguishes with the death of the principal/executor or the GPA holder and its enforceability gets seized and requires the execution of a fresh GPA by the legal heirs of the deceased principal/executor in favour of an attorney. So, being a legal heir of the principal/executor(your deceased father), you have to execute and register a GPA in favour of your wife to sell the property post-demise of your father. A POA holder i.e., the attorney

Dear Client,
The contents of your query appear to be confusing, While you are saying your father sold a building in 2010, the seller is asking for PAN 14 years after the sale of the property. So, revert to us with transparent information to enable us to address your query.

Hello Client,

In the situation you described, your uncle's land was given by the government for farming but originally came from your grandfather, and your uncle has no child or wife. Here's how inheritance would work based on Indian laws (assuming Hindu Succession law applies, as land inheritance often follows religious personal laws)

If the land was inherited by your uncle from your grandfather, it could be considered ancestral property. Ancestral property can be inherited by the legal heirs

Dear Client,
A person who stays abroad can still execute a POA abroad, but the process is slightly different. His first step is to visit the Indian Embassy or Consulate of the concerned country. They will notarize the POA for him. Depending on the country, he or she needs to get the POA apostil-led. This is an international certification comparable to notarization. Once notarized and apostil-led, he shall send the POA to India. According to the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India

Dear Client,
The Supreme Court of India ruled that a power of attorney cannot be used for the sale of immovable property. Sale transactions must be done through registering a sale deed to ensure authenticity and legality. Power of attorney holder can't sell property unless authorised to do so as per SC. Those with a general power of attorney for property of a property cannot sell it unless there is a specific provision in the document giving them the power to do so, the Supreme Court has ruled.

Dear client,
In your case siblings residing in the US can empower their sibling in India to handle the registration of a Gift Deed by issuing a notarized Power of Attorney (PoA). This PoA must be authenticated either through an apostille or attestation by the Indian Consulate or Embassy in the US. After authentication, the PoA should be sent to India, where it must be adjudicated by the appropriate authorities. Once adjudicated, the sibling in India can utilize the PoA to register the Gift Deed

Dear Client,
The property of the Karta of a Hindu Undivided Family is considered a joint family property and all the legal heirs are entitled to an equal share of the property. In this situation, even if the property is registered in your mother's name, she cannot unilaterally transfer it to the other party. In Saurabh Gupta v. Archna Gupta case, the Allahabad High Court ruled that a property purchased by a Hindu husband in the name of his homemaker wife could be presumed to be the property of t

Dear Client,
The Supreme Court in 2011 ruled that the General Power of Attorney (GPA) is a non-transferable instrument for any title, interest, or right in immovable property. A GPA is an invalid document for any purchase or transfer of immovable property. According to the Transfer of Property Act, an immovable property can be sold only through a conveyance or sale deed registered between the parties. Further, the GPA holder can sell the property only if he is authorized to do so by the register

Dear Client,
The validity of General Power of Attorney extinguishes with the death of the principal/executor or the GPA holder. On the Death of the GPA holder that Power of Attorney becomes inoperative and its enforceability gets seized. In the case of a Joint GPA holder, even if one attorney dies, the GPA becomes invalid and requires the execution of a fresh GPA by the remaining principals along with the legal heirs of the deceased principals in favour of other attorneys to execute the deed of

Dear Client,
The Supreme Court in 2011 ruled that the General Power of Attorney (GPA) is a non-transferable instrument for any title, interest, or right in immovable property. A GPA is an invalid document for any purchase or transfer of immovable property. According to the Transfer of Property Act, an immovable property can be sold only through a conveyance or sale deed registered between the parties. Further, the GPA holder can sell the property only if he is authorized to do so by the register