- Vivian Bose
Justice Vivian Bose, (also rendered V.V.N. Bose) 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,
Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya , PanditHridayanath Kunzru ,Annie Besant andGeorge Arundale , in 1913.Justice Bose was a member of the
World Scout Committee of theWorld 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. [http://nhrc.nic.in/Documents/JHidyaMemo-II.pdf]cquote|Lawyers occupy a specially privileged position in society and that thrusts great responsibilities on us (lawyers); at the same time it gives us immense opportunities to mould the life and thought of the Nation, not so much by talk though we can also be great talkers, beaten only by another class politicians and ministers, but by our life and example, by what we do in the courts of course, but also in spheres outside the range of bread and butter life. [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010204/edit.htm]
He was married to
Canadian Irene Mott (Mrs. Vivian Bose), the author of "The Monkey Tree " on December 18, 1930. [http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/bibman/23345.shtml] [http://law.incometaxindia.gov.in/Directtaxlaws/act2005/%5B1979%5D118ITR0989(Bom).htm]External links
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