Agreement signed by one party only how to prove its validity

Querist : Anonymous (Querist) 10 March 2023 This query is : Resolved
Company A (Buyer) had entered into a purchase agreement in 2016 with Company B (Supplier) but the agreement was signed by supplier only. As per agreement, it is valid for 10 years from the date of agreement.
Now the buyer has stopped purchasing of final product from supplier in 2023 without any intimation to supplier.
Supplier asked for clarification but buyer is not responding. During the time, supplier suffered heavy loss which supplier is asking from buyer by way compensation claim.
All supply was done by standard procedure i.e. Purchase order, invoice etc.
Particularly purchase agreements must be made in writing and signed by both parties to the agreement to be legitimate and enforceable under the applicable law.
But, the supplier entered into the business with buyer in good faith and on the basis of trust.
Still my question is-
1. Can we prove this agreement valid though it is signed by supplier only?
2. Any landmark case relevant to the facts which will help to prove this agreement is valid?

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This discussion explores the enforceability of a 10-year agreement signed only by the supplier, not the buyer. Despite the general legal requirement for both parties to sign, the supplier incurred significant losses after the buyer ceased purchases. The question is whether the agreement can be proven valid, potentially through purchase orders, invoices, and past business practices, to support a compensation claim. Even without a signed agreement, individual purchase orders can be binding.

T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate (Expert) 12 March 2023
A written contract must be signed by both parties to be legally enforceable. For something to be classified as an agreement, an offer must be made and then accepted by the other party or parties, and without both the offer and acceptance, there is no agreement. Contracts are agreements which specify terms and have the purpose of holding each party accountable. They generally need to be signed by the sender and the receiver to activate the terms of the agreement, show that they accept the terms of the contract and make it valid

P. Venu (Expert) 14 March 2023
Even in the absence of valid agreement, every purchase order is binding on the purchaser.

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