Constitutional Role of State and Legitimate Expectations : Supreme Court Clarifies the Limitations on the Power

Constitutional Role of State and Legitimate Expectations : Supreme Court Clarifies the Limitations on the Power

"The State must abandon the colonial conception of itself as a sovereign dispensing benefits at its absolute discretion. Policies formulated and representations made by the State generate legitimate expectations that it will act in accordance with what it proclaims in the public domain. In the exercise of all its functions, the State is bound to act fairly and transparently, consistent with the constitutional guarantee against arbitrariness enshrined in A.14 of the Constitution of India."

IFGL Refractories Ltd versus Orissa State Financial Corporation [2026] GCtR 64 (SC)