N. Nagendra Rao & Co. v/s State of Andhra Pradesh, A.I.R. 1994 SC 2663, is a case on which of the…

N. Nagendra Rao & Co. v. State of A.P. (1994) is a leading case on sovereign immunity. Goods seized under the Essential Commodities Act were damaged through the negligence of officers, and the Supreme Court held the State liable, ruling that the doctrine of sovereign immunity has no place where the State carries on activities that private persons may also undertake.

The case is cited for narrowing the old Kasturilal view; negligence and vicarious liability were involved, but the point it decided was the scope of the State's immunity.