...principles touching upon the said two doctrines. Suffice it to mention two latest judgments of the Supreme Court on the theory of promissory estoppel, in...:“6. The law on the matter is now well settled that even in respect of exemptions that may have been made by the Government the doctrine of promissory estoppel will not be applicable...only to the latest Supreme Court judgments, firstly we refer to the judgment in Madras City Wine Merchants' Assn. v. State of T.N, 1994...

...the legal principles touching upon the said two doctrines. Suffice it to mention two latest judgments of the Supreme Court on the theory of promissory estoppel, in...legitimate expectation has been evolved by the Courts in equitable jurisdiction. Avoiding multiplication of citations on the point and adverting only to the latest Supreme Court judgments, firstly we...questioned invoking the doctrine of promissory estoppel. The Supreme Court held as follows: "6. The law on the matter is now well settled that even in respect of exemptions that may have been...

...failed to consider various Supreme Court judgments on promissory estoppel in their true perspective. In his submission, the aforesaid judgment clearly led to the conclusion that when the Government.... The non-exercise of such discretionary power is clearly vitiated on account of the application of the doctrine of promissory estoppel in terms of this Court's judgments in Motilal Padampat...Government cannot claim to be immune from the applicability of the rule of promissory estoppel and repudiate a promise made by it on the ground that such promise may fetter its future executive action...

...on application of the principles of promissory estoppel and legitimate expectation, the withdrawal of benefit was not sustainable in law. The State questioned correctness of the judgment before the...Government subsequently claiming exemption on a par with the cooperative and public sector mills. As there was no inducement or assurance, the question of any promissory estoppel did not arise. So far as.... (1972) 1 SCC 857 Doctrine of “promissory estoppel” has been evolved by the courts, on the principles of equity, to avoid injustice. “Promissory estoppel” is defined in Black's Law Dictionary as an...

...-exercise of such discretionary power is clearly vitiated on account of the application of the doctrine of promissory estoppel in terms of this Court's judgments in Motilal Padampat...on Motilal PadampatH.3 Promissory estoppel - origins and evolutionH.4 From estoppel to expectationsH.5....F Before the High Court11. Placing reliance on the doctrine of promissory estoppel, the respondent sought, in its submissions before the High Court, one of...

...estoppel to go back on its promise. Reliance has been placed on various judgments of this Court in support of the argument that the doctrine of promissory estoppel can be invoked to bind the Government...estoppel would be displaced in such a case, because on the facts, equity would not require that the Government or public authority should be held bound by the promise or representation made by it...,Correspondence Deptt.”4. The appellants, in these appeals, invoking the doctrine of promissory estoppel have urged that the Central Government could not have withdrawn...

...on Administrative Law, 9th Edn., p. 243, wherein it is stated:“One special variety of estoppel is res judicata. This results from the rule which prevents the parties to a judicial...(1999) 5 SCC 590 this Court observed:“31. Law on res judicata and estoppel is well understood in India and there are ample authoritative...Ashok Bhan, J.— The appellant-claimants aggrieved against the common/similar judgments and orders dated 20-12-1999 passed by the High Court of Himachal Pradesh dismissing...

...in support of the stand of the appellants that in similar circumstances the plea of estoppel can be and has been applied and the leading authority on this point is the case of M.P Sugar Mills...position by acting upon the representations and suffered any prejudice. On facts, therefore, no case for raising the plea of estoppel was held to have been made out. This Court proceeded on the footing...Ranganath Misra, J.— All these appeals are by special leave and are directed against judgments rendered by the Kerala High Court in writ petitions filed before it. The High...

...by estoppel arising from fits promises. There appears to be apparent divergence of opinion regarding the scope and ambit of this doctrine of promissory estoppel between the two latest judgments of the...promissory estoppel, and(2) The decision to levy house tax was based on notifications by the Chief Commissioner, and the Chief Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh, which were hit by...attack challenging the legality and the soundness of the levy of house tax by the petitioners is two fold viz., the levy of the house tax is untenable both on the ground of promissory estoppel as well as...

...District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Gurgaon (hereinafter called as “the District Forum”). A further direction has been issued to the appellant to issue the BEd degree to the respondent on the...confer the degree of BEd on her. The background of the facts giving rise to the case was that the respondent took admission in academic session of 1994-1995 as a regular student to pursue the course of MA...examination and succeeded in appearing in the examinations and also passed the same. The appellant University refused to confer the degree of BEd on the respondent. Aggrieved, the respondent approached...

...of estoppel. The impugned judgment, however, does not dispute that the doctrine of promissory estoppel can be attracted against the State. However, after an analysis of various previous judgments of...this Court on the question of promissory estoppel against public authorities, the judgment concludes that the question of promissory estoppel cannot be invoked when the public interest requires...confers a statutory power on the Central Government to act in public interest and to grant exemption or rescind it.43. Estoppel cannot be invoked where the result will...

...unilaterally withdraw this concession on account of the applicability of the principle of promissory estoppel. As regards the question as to whether the notification No. 159/ 85-CE will have a...of 1985 dated 16-7-1985 withdrawing the concession granted to the Company on account of promissory estoppel; and (2) Whether the notification No. 88/84-CE was at alt applicable to the petitioner.... 13. Mr. J. P. Joshi, the learned counsel appearing for the appellant has based his arguments on three counts: (1) that the principle of promissory estoppel cannot be pressed into service...

...-1977 of the High Court came to be decided on 2-5-1979 along with many other appeals from the various judgments of the Kerala High Court and is reported as Chettian Veetil Ammad v. Taluk Land Board.... We may refer to two more decisions of the Supreme Court on the question of res judicata and estoppel.21. In Isabella Johnson v. M.A Susai...(1991) 1 SCC 494, AIR 1991 SC 993 this Court held that it is well settled that there can be no estoppel on a pure question of law and the question of jurisdiction is a pure...

...on the principle of promissory estoppel to continue the development rebate to these new industries for a period of three years as indicated in the earlier notifications and consequently the Board...incentive development rebate to the new industries covered by these notifications and consequently the impugned notification was hit by the principle of promissory estoppel, the High Court erred on Issue...No. 2 when it took the view that the appellants could not derive any benefit from the decision on Issue No. 1 on the ground of promissory estoppel as by the contractual obligations flowing from the...

....”8. The doctrine of election is based on the rule of estoppel — the principle that one cannot approbate and reprobate inheres in it. The doctrine of estoppel by election is one of the...K.T Thomas, J.— When this appeal came up for consideration on 7-4-1995 before R.M Sahai and N. Venkatachala, JJ., learned Judges ordered this to be listed before a larger bench...against the appellant. While dismissing the revision petition on 25-7-1994, learned Judge of the High Court granted six months' time to the appellant-tenant for vacating the premises in question and...

...and ambit of this doctrine of promissory estoppel between the two latest judgments of the Supreme Court. Faced with this delicate situation, this Court is called upon. to chalk out a course for itself...was no legal right vested in them neither a corresponding duty laid on the respondents, yet in fact they could secure the same relief on the basis of an alleged promissory estoppel. It was argued that...of a promissory estoppel on the facts of this case. Even a plain reading of the advertisement in The Tribune, which had been particularly relied upon on behalf of the petitioners would show that the...

...:“The respondents are barred by the rule and principle of promissory estoppel to deprive or deny exemption to the petitioner from tax on the purchase turnover or rubber used in the manufacture of...the plea of estoppel can be and has been applied and the leading authority on this point is the case of M.P Sugar Mills (1979) 2 SCC 409...the representations and suffered any prejudice. On facts, therefore, no case for raising the plea of estoppel was held to have been made out. This Court proceeded on the footing that the notification...

...not only by active proceedings for rescission … but also by setting up the fraud as a defence to an action on the decision, or as an answer to any case which, whether by way of estoppel or otherwise...in its favour by the Collector on 12-7-1988. The Collector found that an earlier decree obtained by the respondents against the appellant for injunction on 10-6-1975 was a decree obtained by the...respondents in collusion with the then Sarpanch and was not binding on the Panchayat in the present proceedings. On appeal by the respondents before the Development Commissioner, the said judgment was...