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A executed the sale deed of land in favour of B, when A was suffering from alcoholic psychosis and…

In Chacko v Mahadevan ((2007)), a sale of valuable land for a paltry sum by a person suffering from alcoholic psychosis was set aside because he was not of sound mind under…

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A executed the sale deed of land in favour of B, when A was suffering from alcoholic psychosis and valuable land was sold for a paltry sum. Can the sale deed be set aside by a Court of law? Decide according to law laid down in Chacko v. Mahadevan, (2007). The sale deed

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In Chacko v Mahadevan ((2007)), a sale of valuable land for a paltry sum by a person suffering from alcoholic psychosis was set aside because he was not of sound mind under s.12, so the sale deed "will be set aside because A, at the time of executing the deed, was suffering from alcoholic psychosis and consequently sold the property for a paltry sum".

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