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(1961) 1 MLJ 88 (SC)
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Present : B. P. Sinha, Chief Justice, S.J. Imam, A. K. Sarkar, K. N. Wanchoo and J. C.Shah
Case Number(s) : Criminal Appeal No. 158 of 1956.
Judgement Date :
Tuesday 16th of August 1960
| Directors of Rationing and Distribution | .....Appellant(s) | | Versus |  | | The Corporation of Calcutta,((1) Attorney-General for India, (2) The State of Punjab, (3) The State of Uttar Pradesh, (4) The State of Madras, (5) The State of Bombay (now Maharashtra) and (6) The State of Andhra Pradesh) | .....Respondent(s) |
Calcutta Municipal Act (III of 1923), section 356(1)(a) (corresponding to section 437 of the West Bengal Act (XXXIII of 1951) — Director of Rationing and Distribution using premises for storing rice without licence — Immunity of Government from liability — ‘Prerogative of perfection that the King can do no wrong — Applicability of the maxim.
Maxims — King can do no wrong — Applicability to Government.

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