https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=195457 A power of attorney must be construed strictly according to its terms, and authority to sell property or compromise a dispute does not by implication include power to transfer immovable property by consent decree. A decree under Order 12 Rule 6 CPC is distinct from a compromise decree under Order 23 Rule 3 CPC, and the latter requires express authority to bind the principal in that manner. In the absence of such specific authority, the attorney-holder could not validly suffer the consent decree, and decrees founded on that act were treated as illegal and void. en-us Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 15:02:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=195457 A power of attorney must be construed strictly according to its terms, and authority to sell property or compromise a dispute does not by implication include power to transfer immovable property by consent decree. A decree under Order 12 Rule 6 CPC is distinct from a compromise decree under Order 23 Rule 3 CPC, and the latter requires express authority to bind the principal in that manner. In the absence of such specific authority, the attorney-holder could not validly suffer the consent decree, and decrees founded on that act were treated as illegal and void. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=195457