https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311380 State liability in tort extends to negligent acts of its servants committed in the course of ordinary employment when the act is wholly dissociated from sovereign functions. The employee's conduct here was treated as part of the State's administrative use of a vehicle, so the State was vicariously liable. Article 300(1) was read as continuing the pre-Constitution position through the relevant statutory chain, preserving liability in the same class of cases where the corresponding authorities could previously have been sued. The constitutional provision therefore did not confer immunity, and the claim against the State was maintainable. en-us Fri, 02 Feb 1962 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:36:35 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311380 State liability in tort extends to negligent acts of its servants committed in the course of ordinary employment when the act is wholly dissociated from sovereign functions. The employee's conduct here was treated as part of the State's administrative use of a vehicle, so the State was vicariously liable. Article 300(1) was read as continuing the pre-Constitution position through the relevant statutory chain, preserving liability in the same class of cases where the corresponding authorities could previously have been sued. The constitutional provision therefore did not confer immunity, and the claim against the State was maintainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 02 Feb 1962 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311380