Multiple choice

Promissory estoppel against Government agencies is decided in:

  1. Tweedle Vs. Atkinson, 4LT468

  2. Dution Vs. Poole 83LR523

  3. Delhi Cloth and General Mills Ltd. Vs. Union of India, AIR 1987 SC 2414

  4. Kedar Nath Vs. Gorie Mohd., ILR (1886) 14 Col. 64
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Explanation

Delhi Cloth and General Mills Ltd. v. Union of India (AIR 1987 SC 2414) is the landmark case where the Supreme Court of India applied promissory estoppel against the government, holding that the government could not backtrack on its promise to grant exemption from excise duty. The Court ruled that even in the absence of a formal contract, the government was estopped from denying the exemption it had promised. This established that promissory estoppel could operate against state authorities.

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