Evidence Act, 1872 - Section 115 - Promissory estoppel

Evi­dence Act, 1872 — Sec­tion 115 — Promis­sory estop­pel — Evi­dence Act, 1872 — Sec­tion 115 — Promis­sory estop­pel — Prin­ci­ple is based on equity in order to pre­vent injus­tice and bind­ing on party mak­ing a promise — Gov­ern­ment can­not claim immu­nity to repu­di­ate a promise on the ground that such a promise may fet­ter its future exec­u­tive action — There is no pro­vi­sion in law or rules made there­un­der enabling Devel­op­ment Author­ity to recon­vey land acquired to imple­ment a scheme for form­ing sites and their allot­ment as per rules — Direc­tions given by State Gov­ern­ment to recon­vey land to own­ers con­trary to object of Land Acqui­si­tion Act pro­hib­ited by law. To get cita­tion of this judg­ment email link of this post to advppc1@gmail.com

Evidence Act, 1872 - Section 115 - Promissory estoppel