Is the state vicariously liable for the wrongful acts of its servants ? Explain.

Like all other employers the State should also be made vicariously liable for the wrongful acts of its servants. The Court in India are conscious about increasing cases of excesses and negligence on the part of the administration resulting in the negation of personal liberty. Hence, they are coming forward with pronouncement holding the Government liable for damages even in those cases where the plea of sovereign function could have negatived the governmental liability. In view of the above, it can be said that state is also vicariously liable for the wrongful acts of its servants.