PAKISTAN TELEVISION CORPORATION vs NOOR SANAT SHAH Vicarious liability — 2023 SCMR 616 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2023 SCMR 616 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2023
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: PAKISTAN TELEVISION CORPORATION vs NOOR SANAT SHAH Vicarious liability

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Judgment text as reported

PAKISTAN TELEVISION CORPORATION VS NOOR SANAT SHAH Vicarious liability---Suit for damages for tortious liability against a State entity/Corporation--- Maintainability--- Sovereign immunity---Scope---State Corporation cannot claim that it cannot be sued vicariously for the actions of its employees by invoking sovereign immunity---Even otherwise, the defence of sovereign immunity and its application in Pakistan has been done away with by the Supreme Court in the case reported as Pakistan through Secretary to the Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Railways and Communications, Karachi v. Muhammad A. Hayat (PLD 1962 SC 28).

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