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Promissory estoppel against government agencies is decided in:

Delhi Cloth and General Mills Ltd v Union of India, decided on 8 October 1987, discussed promissory estoppel against a public authority. The doctrine requires reliance on…

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Promissory estoppel against government agencies is decided in:

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Delhi Cloth and General Mills Ltd v Union of India, decided on 8 October 1987, discussed promissory estoppel against a public authority. The doctrine requires reliance on the representation and cannot compel unlawful or unauthorised governmental action. Discussion of the doctrine does not itself mean the claimant obtained relief in that case.

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