Vivian Bose Explained

Vivian Bose
Office1:Judge of Supreme Court of India
Term Start1:5 March 1951
Term End1:8 June 1956
Appointer1:President
Birth Date:1891 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Ahmadabad
Parents:Mohun Bose (father) Sir Bipin Krishna Bose(grandfather)
Spouse:Irene Mott Bose

Justice Vivian Bose (also rendered V. V. N. Bose) (9 June 1891 – 29 November 1983), Judge of the Supreme Court of India, served as the National Commissioner of the Bharat Scouts and Guides from November 1957 to November 1959.

Scouting for native Indians was started by Justice Bose, Madan Mohan Malaviya, Hridayanath Kunzru, Annie Besant and George Arundale, in 1913.

Justice Bose was a member of the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1947 until 1949.

He was also the President of the International Commission of Jurists. Justice Bose is known for breaking new ground in law, the significance of which came to be realized in later years.[1]

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The landmark judgement by Vivian Bose J in Virsa Singh v State of Punjab [1958 AIR 465] has set an important judicial precedent regarding the applicability of section 300 Thirdly of The Indian Penal Code of 1860.

He was married to Canadian Irene Mott, the author of The Monkey Tree on 18 December 1930.[3] [4]

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  1. Web site: Documents | National Human Rights Commission India.
  2. Web site: The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Editorial.
  3. Web site: The Monkey Tree - BOSE, IRENE MOTT (MRS. VIVIAN BOSE).
  4. http://law.incometaxindia.gov.in/Directtaxlaws/act2005/%5B1979%5D118ITR0989(Bom).htm HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY Commissioner of Income-tax v. Vivian Bose KANTAWALA, CJ. AND CHANDURKAR, J.