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📌 Krishan Gopal v. Smt. Rukmani Devi
(Madhya Pradesh High Court, Gwalior Bench)
🔹 Key Issue
Whether ad valorem court fee is payable when a plaintiff alleges that a sale deed is void, having been executed after cancellation of Power of Attorney.
✅ Held
✔️ NO ad valorem court fee is required
✔️ Plaintiff can seek declaration that the sale deed is null & void
✔️ Applicable when the document is void in law, not merely voidable
⚖️ Important Legal Principles
🔸 If a registered Power of Attorney is cancelled by a registered cancellation deed,
🔸 Such cancellation operates as constructive public notice
🔸 Any sale deed executed thereafter is null, void & non-binding
📚 Statutory Reference
CPC, 1908 – Order VII Rule 11(b)
Court Fees payable depends on whether the document is void or voidable
📖 Case Relied Upon
Sunil v. Awadh Narayan & Ors.
2010 (4) MPLJ 431
➡️ Registered cancellation = public notice
✨ Legal Takeaway
When fraud is alleged and the document is void ab initio, court fee is not based on sale consideration.
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