Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 325 · Decided 28 August 1998
National Building Construction Corporation v. S. Raghunathan and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 325 · [1998] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 156
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4483/1998
- Decided
- 28 August 1998
- Bench
- S.C. AGRAWAL, S. SAGHIR AHMAD, M. SRINIVASAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act; Constitution Article 14
Headnote
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION B v. S. RAGHUNATHAN AND ORS. AUGUST 28, 1998 [S.C. AGRAWAL, S. SAGHIR AHMAD AND M. SRINIVASAN, J.I.] Administrative Law : C Legitimate Expectation-Doctrine of-Nature-Invoking of-Cmuli- D tions f 01-National Building Constmction C01poration decided to grant estoppel--Jt assures fair play in administrative action--State cannot disregard policy statement unfairly or apply it selectivelJ-17re doctn.ne is a source of substa11tive as well as procedural 1ight.1-17re docuine can be invoked by an aggiieved person who altered his position by acting
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