Kasturi Lal v State of UP
Supreme Court of IndiaAIR 1965 SC 1039Bench: P.B. Gajendragadkar CJ, K.N. Wanchoo J, M. Hidayatullah J, Raghubar Dayal J, J.C. Shah J
The State is not vicariously liable for tortious acts of its servants when the act is committed in the exercise of a sovereign function. Maintaining a police malkhana and the arrest of persons are sovereign governmental functions. The State was not liable for the constable's act.