Saksham Gadia, O.P. Jindal Global University
INTRODUCTION
The rise of promissory estoppel in the past half century has been described as "one of the most significant developments in contract law”.1 From the humble foundation as a substitute for consideration in donation related promise cases,2 “this reliance-based doctrine has come to enjoy application in a wide variety of contexts”.3The doctrine of Promissory estoppel has been an area of contention since its dawn The Doctrine of Promissory Estoppel is a fair principle developed to prevent counts of injustice in the society, however ordinarily named Promissory Estoppel, it falls in the circle of neither agreement nor estoppel. This standard is ordinarily summoned in precedent-based law if there should arise an occurrence of break of agreement or against a Government. The principle is famously called as Promissory Estoppel, Equitable Estoppel , Quasi Estoppel and New Estoppel. One might say that assuming the Government in India makes a guarantee to any individual and the guarantee isn't conflicting with the tradition that must be adhered to and isn't against public interest, then, at that point, a short time later it can't decline to maintain its guarantee. Thus in lieu of this complexity, the first part deals with origin and history of the doctrine including certain opposing rulings to the doctrine. The second section deals with the position of the doctrine at common law. Lastly, the third section ventures upon the position of the doctrine at Indian law.
