Government Contracts

The work provides a detailed commentary on the law governing grant of government contracts, licences, quotas, mineral rights, jobs etc to individuals and business organizations. A sort of special protection is given to the government on the ground of “public interest” and “public finance”. This work is a detailed commentary on the subject and explains the objective of State contracts, rights and obligations of the parties with special reference to Constitution of India, breach of the State Contract, e-procurement and the issues in public procurement etc. An exhaustive coverage of defences like executive necessity, impossibility of performance, public policy and the remedies of promissory estoppel, legitimate expectation has been given.

Up to date case-law has been given.

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Table of Cases

List of Abbreviations

The Law of Contract and the State Contract

Historical Perspective of the Law of State Contracts

E-Procurement

Application of the Provisions of The Indian Constitution

State Liability — An Analogous Study of Other Countries and The Doctrine of Executive Necessity

Remedies for the Breach of the State Contract

Contractual Liability of State in the Area of Conflict of Laws

Appendices

The Public Procurement Bill, 2012

Special Commission on Choice of Law in International Contracts

Subject Index