IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
Deepak Kumar Tiwari, J.
Vikas Agrawal and ors.- Appellants
Versus
Smt. N. Manjula Aiyyar and ors. – Respondents
MA No. 3 of 2021
Decided On : 01-11-2021
Code of Civil Procedure 1908 - Order 43 Rule1 (r), Order 39 Rule 1 & 2, Section 151 - Suit for declaration of title - Permanent injunction - Plaintiff filed a civil suit for declaration of title and permanent injunction – Held, When appellants on basis of alleged registered sale-deed filed application for mutation then objection was raised by respondent No.1/plaintiff that appellants have played a fraud and cheated them, so on such pleading learned Court gave a finding that serious question are to be tried - It is established that suit land is ancestral property of respondent No.1/plaintiff - So trial Court found that prima-facie case exists in favour of respondent No.1/plaintiff - Court also considered all aspects, balance of convenience and irreparable injury for granting temporary injunction, and passed impugned order by exercising discretionary jurisdiction which is vested in trial Court for passing order under Order 39 Rule 1 & 2 of CPC - Court does not find any illegality in passing impugned order and impugned order appears to be genuine and proper – Appeal dismissed.
JUDGMENT :
Heard.
1. This appeal has been preferred under Order 43 Rule1 (r) of the Code of Civil Procedure 1908 (henceforth ‘the CPC’) against the order dated 15/01/2021 in Civil Suit No. 39-A/2020 passed by the 5th Additional District Judge, Bilaspur in the matter of Smt. N. Manjula Aiyyar v. Vikas Agrawal and others, wherein the application filed by respondent No.1/plaintiff under Order 39 Rule 1 & 2 read with Section 151 of the CPC has been allowed and injunction order has been passed against the appellants.
2. Facts of the case in brief are that respondent No.1/plaintiff filed a civil suit for declaration of title and permanent injunction, wherein it was mentioned that part of land bearing Khasara No. 2219/2, admeasuring area 0.52 acre situated at Village Sendri, Tahsil and District Bilaspur recorded in the name of respondent No.1/plaintiff and defendant No.3. On the basis of fraud, the appellants/defendant Nos. 1 & 2 obtained power of attorney from respondent No.1/plaintiff and defendant No. 3 in respect of the suit land, and thereafter got sale-deed executed on 10/12/2019 without consideration of their names. Therefore, the sale-deed is not binding upon the respondent No.1/plaintiff. The appellants are trying to dispossess the respondent No.1/plaintiff and initiating mutation proceeding on the basis of sale-deed. Therefore, the suit had been filed in which application under Order 39 Rule 1 & 2 read with 151 of the CPC was filed. After hearing the said application, the impugned order has been passed.
3. It is undisputed that on the basis of registered power of attorney, as given by the respondent No.1/plaintiff and defendant No.3 on 08/11/2019 in favour of the appellants, the appellants have executed registered sale-deed of the suit property in their own name on 11/12/2019 and thereafter they have become both purchaser and seller.
4. Counsel for the appellants has submitted that the impugned order is bad, perverse and contrary to the facts and circumstances of the case, thus liable to be set-aside. He has further submitted that the trial Court has wrongly concluded that respondent No.1/plaintiff is in possession of the suit land. The respondent No.1/plaintiff executed registered power of attorney and thereafter obtained consideration amount in his bank account. The necessary consideration for passing the temporary injunction is not in favour of the respondent No.1/plaintiff, however, erroneous order has been passed. Therefore, it is prayed to set-aside the impugned order.
5. Counsel for the appellants has submitted that while passing the impugned order, the learned trial Court ignored the certain principles that under the power of attorney, a person is authorized to act as the agent of the person granting it and to do anything (in and with his own name and signature) by the authority of the donor of the power. Section 2 of the Power of Attorney Act, 1882 declares that everything so done ‘shall be as effectual in law as if it has been done by the donee of the power in the name and with the signature of the donor thereof and as such the act committed by the holder of the power of attorney would be presumed to be an act committed by the person who gives power of attorney. The learned counsel for the appellants has placed reliance on Smt. Shail Devi Sarav v. Smt. Janakibai Gupta, 2001 (2) CGLJ, 493.
6. The point for determination before this Court is that whether the trial Court while passing the impugned order has properly exercised its discretionary jurisdiction under Order 39 Rule 1 & 2 of the CPC for grant of temporary injunction.
7. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the records.
8. Apparently, when the appellants on the basis of alleged registered sale-deed filed the application for mutation then on 11/11/2020, objection was raised by the respondent No.1/plaintiff that the appellants have played a fraud and cheated them, so on such pleading the learned Court gave a finding that serious question are to be t
Temporary injunctions require a prima facie case, balance of convenience, and evidence of irreparable loss; without these, the court exercises discretion to deny such relief.
Power of Attorney has certain limitations.
The party seeking an injunction must prove a prima facie case to go for trial, and if failed, the balance of convenience and irreparable loss are not material.
The main legal point established is that the cancellation of a Power of Attorney requires reasonable notice for revocation, and the termination of authority does not take effect until it becomes know....
The court emphasized the importance of establishing a strong prima facie case and considering the balance of convenience in granting interim injunctions.
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