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In which of the following cases was the principle of estoppel clearly framed?

Pickard v Sears (1837) is the classic formulation concerning a representation acted on by another to that person’s detriment. The Supreme Court’s Dr Karan Singh judgment…

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In which of the following cases was the principle of estoppel clearly framed?

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Pickard v Sears (1837) is the classic formulation concerning a representation acted on by another to that person’s detriment. The Supreme Court’s Dr Karan Singh judgment discusses this origin. The statutory Indian principle appears in Evidence Act section 115.

Current law: BSA section 121 contains the corresponding general estoppel provision.

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