Heer Agarwal

Can Estoppel Create a Right Where the Law Creates None? Rethinking the Limits of Promissory Estoppel in India

Promissory estoppel began its life in Indian law as a defensive tool: a way to stop someone from going back on a promise once another party had relied on it. Over the last five decades, though, the doctrine has drifted a long way from that starting point. Courts now describe it as capable of grounding an independent cl...