Legitimate expectation

--- Legitimate expectation --- Scope --- Where a public authority, through a consistent course of conduct or an express representation, creates a legitimate expectation in favour of beneficiaries, such expectation cannot be defeated arbitrarily or capriciously --- The doctrine of legitimate expectation, as consistently recognized by the Superior Courts of Pakistan, obliges public institutions to act fairly, consistently, and in a non-discriminatory manner, particularly where rights and benefits under a social welfare scheme are involved.