{"id":237,"date":"2018-06-06T15:19:04","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T15:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lex-warrier.in\/archives\/?p=237"},"modified":"2019-02-19T02:04:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T02:04:15","slug":"doctrine-of-sovereign-immunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lex-warrier.in\/archives\/doctrine-of-sovereign-immunity.html","title":{"rendered":"Doctrine of sovereign immunity: evolution and evaluation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Nimisha Jha<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>Advocate,<br \/>\nHigh Court of Madhya Pradesh<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Doctrine of Sovereign Immunity says, \u201cA king can do no wrong.\u201d This principle has been widely followed around the world. The king is above Law. This principle came into being during the time and existence of Monarchy. Today, in this era of democracy where citizens make and break governments, it is assumed that this doctrine must have lost its sheen. But the sad state of affairs is that, even after proclaiming democracy, governments all around the world have chosen to hide behind this archaic principle. The Rule of Law says that no one is above the law. But yet, according to most of the constitutions of the world, governments cannot be held liable like a common man. The paper traces the journey of the India and UK with respect to the Doctrine of Sovereign Immunity especially with respect to the tortuous liability of the State. The focus is on drawing parallels with the help of case laws to define and describe the adherence and repeal of this doctrine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Keywords:<\/strong><\/span> Sovereign Immunity, Tort, State, monarchy, doctrine, government, India, UK<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Preferred Citation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-quote su-quote-style-default\"><div class=\"su-quote-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">Nimisha Jha, Doctrine of sovereign immunity, The Lex-Warrier: Online Law Journal (2018) 6, pp. 246 \u2013 269, ISSN (O): 2319-8338<\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lex-warrier.in\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Doctrine-of-sovereign-immunity.pdf\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-glass\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#ef792d;border-color:#c06124;border-radius:7px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:7px 20px;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;border-color:#f4a26c;border-radius:7px;text-shadow:none\"><i class=\"sui sui-file-pdf-o\" style=\"font-size:16px;color:#FFFFFF\"><\/i> Read the full paper<\/span><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nimisha Jha Advocate, High Court of Madhya Pradesh Abstract The Doctrine of Sovereign Immunity says, \u201cA king can do no wrong.\u201d This principle has been widely followed around the world.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abstract","no-post-thumbnail","clearfix","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Doctrine of sovereign immunity | The Lex-Warrier: Online Law Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Doctrine of Sovereign Immunity says, A king can do no wrong. 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