https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=186927 Where a truck catches fire while under the defendant's exclusive control and the accident is of a kind that would not ordinarily occur without negligence, res ipsa loquitur permits an inference of negligence unless the defendant satisfactorily rebuts it; on these facts, negligence of the driver was established. Famine relief work was not treated as an exclusively sovereign function in law, so the State could not claim immunity for the servant's negligent act in that context. The trial court's decree was restored and the appeal succeeded with costs. en-us Tue, 12 Mar 1974 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 14:51:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=186927 Where a truck catches fire while under the defendant's exclusive control and the accident is of a kind that would not ordinarily occur without negligence, res ipsa loquitur permits an inference of negligence unless the defendant satisfactorily rebuts it; on these facts, negligence of the driver was established. Famine relief work was not treated as an exclusively sovereign function in law, so the State could not claim immunity for the servant's negligent act in that context. The trial court's decree was restored and the appeal succeeded with costs. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 12 Mar 1974 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=186927