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An army truck driven by an army driver, while going to check the armymen on duties, hit X, a pedestrian, and injured him seriously on account of rash and negligent driving. M sued the Government of India. The defence was a sovereign functions.

An army truck driven by an army driver, while going to check the armymen on duties, hit X, a pedestrian, and injured him seriously on account of rash and negligent driving. M sued the Government of India. The defence was a sovereign functions. Correct Answer The defence of sovereign functions will prevail

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S1: The distinction between state or sovereign and government is developed by Rousseau with utmost exactness and accuracy.
P: While 'state' denotes the community as a whole, created by social pact and manifesting itself in supreme general will, 'government' denotes merely the individual or groups of individuals that is designated by the community to carry into effect the sovereign will.
Q: Government, to Rousseau, means executive power.
R: The individuals, to whom this power is assigned are the officers or the agents of the sovereign.
S: The government is created not by any contract but by a decree of the sovereign, and its function is in no sense to make but only to administer law.
S6: Collectively, they may be called 'prence' or 'magistracy'.

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