A person given power of attorney over a property cannot sell the asset unless there is a specific provision giving him the power, the Supreme Court has held in a judgment.
The judgment is significant and covers properties of NRIs, invalids and others who trust the welfare of their property with others through a power of attorney document.
A Bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian said the power to sell the property, which is the subject matter of the power of attorney document, could not be just inferred.
