The question (15 marks)
Discuss the tortious and contractual liability of the Government in India, and the privileges it may claim. (15 marks)
MU Module III, head 3.3; pack ch. 03.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 3 · Tribunals, Discretion and the Liability of Government of Administrative Law.
Authorities you will need
- Constitution of India, Article 300(1)
- Constitution of India, Article 299
- Constitution of India, Article 14
- The sovereign and non-sovereign distinction, as judicial construction
- Constitution of India, Article 300, and the pre-constitutional position it carries forward
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