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	\| name = Vivian Bose		\| name = Vivian Bose
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	\| office1 = Judge of [[Supreme Court of India]]		\| office = Acting Judge of [[Supreme Court of India]]
	\| term_start1 = 5 March 1951		\| term_start = 9 September 1957
	\| term_end1 = 8 June 1956		\| term_end = 30 September 1958
	\| nominator1 =		\| nominator = [[S. R. Das]]
	\| appointer1 = [[~~President~~ of ~~India~~\|~~President~~]]		\| appointer = [[Rajendra Prasad]]
	\| ~~successor1~~ =		\| office1 = Judge of [[Supreme Court of India]]
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|df=yes\|1891\|6\|9}}		\| term_start1 = 5 March 1951
	\| birth_place = [[Ahmedabad~~\|Ahmadabad~~]]		\| term_end1 = 8 June 1956
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|df=yes\|1983\|11\|29\|1891\|6\|9}}		\| nominator1 = [[H. J. Kania]]
	\| death_place =		\| appointer1 = [[Rajendra Prasad]]
	\|parents = Mohun Bose <small>(father)</small> ~~Sir~~ [[Bipin Krishna Bose]]<small>(grandfather)</small>		\| office2 = 3rd Chief Justice of [[Madhya Pradesh High Court#Nagpur High Court\|Nagpur High Court]]
	\|alma_mater =		\| term_start2 = 20 February 1949
	\|spouse = Irene		\| term_end2 = 23 February 1951
			\| appointer2 = [[C. Rajagopalachari]]
			\| predecessor2 = Frederick Louis Grille
			\| successor2 = [[B. P. Sinha]]
			\| office3 = Judge of Nagpur High Court
			\| term_start3 = 9 January 1936
			\| term_end3 = 19 February 1949
			\| appointer3 = [[George V]]
			\| birth_date = {{birth date\|df=yes\|1891\|6\|9}}
			\| birth_place = [[Ahmedabad]]
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			\| parents = Mohun Bose <small>(father)</small> [[Bipin Krishna Bose]] <small>(grandfather)</small>
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			\| spouse = [[Irene Mott Bose]]
			\| relatives = [[John Mott]] (father-in-law)
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	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 [[~~Bharat Scouts and Guides\|National Commissioner of the~~ Bharat Scouts and Guides]] ~~from November 1957 to November 1959~~.		Justice '''Vivian Bose''' (also rendered '''V. V. N. Bose''') (9 June 1891 – 29 November 1983), was a judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]], who later (Nov 1957–Nov 1959) served as the national commissioner of the [[Bharat Scouts and Guides]].

	Scouting for ~~native Indians~~ was started by Justice Bose, ~~[[Pandit]]~~ [[Madan Mohan Malaviya]], ~~Pandit~~ [[Hridayanath Kunzru]], [[Annie Besant]] and [[George Arundale]], in 1913.		Scouting for Indian Boys was started by Justice Bose, [[Madan Mohan Malaviya]], [[Hridayanath Kunzru]], [[Annie Besant]] and [[George Arundale]], in 1913.

			He became Judge of Nagpur High Court on 9 January 1936 and later became its chief justice on 20 February 1949.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Ghose \|first=Sanjoy \|date=2020-07-07 \|title=Why can’t a Judge also be a Rockstar? A study of the interesting life of Justice Vivian Bose \|url=https://www.barandbench.com/columns/why-cant-a-judge-also-be-a-rockstar-a-study-of-the-interesting-life-of-justice-vivian-bose \|access-date=2025-11-27 \|website=Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news \|language=en}}</ref>

	Justice Bose was a member of the [[World Scout Committee]] of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] from 1947 until 1949.		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.<ref>http://nhrc.nic.in/Documents/JHidyaMemo-II.pdf</ref>		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.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://nhrc.nic.in/Documents/JHidyaMemo-II.pdf\|title = Documents \| National Human Rights Commission India}}</ref>

	{{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.}}<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010204/edit.htm\|title = The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Editorial}}</ref>		{{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 mold 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.}}<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010204/edit.htm\|title = The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – Editorial}}</ref>

	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.		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.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/bibman/23345.shtml\|title=The Monkey Tree - BOSE, IRENE MOTT (MRS. VIVIAN BOSE)}}</ref><ref>http://law.incometaxindia.gov.in/Directtaxlaws/act2005/%5B1979%5D118ITR0989(Bom).htm</ref>		After initially retiring in June 1956, he rejoined the Court under Article 128 of the Constitution.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=The First Eight \|url=https://www.scobserver.in/75-years-of-sc/the-first-eight-judges-of-the-supreme-court/ \|access-date=2024-09-26 \|website=Supreme Court Observer \|language=en-US}}</ref> Over the course of his tenure on the Supreme Court, Bose authored 124 judgments and sat on 364 benches. He retired for a second time in September 1958.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Vivian Bose \|url=https://www.scobserver.in/judges/vivian-bose/ \|access-date=2024-09-26 \|website=Supreme Court Observer \|language=en-US}}</ref>

			He was married to Canadian [[Irene Mott]], the author of ''[[The Monkey Tree]]'' on 18 December 1930.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/bibman/23345.shtml\|title=The Monkey Tree – BOSE, IRENE MOTT (MRS. VIVIAN BOSE)}}</ref><ref>[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.]{{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721161906/https://law.incometaxindia.gov.in/Directtaxlaws/act2005/[1979]118ITR0989(Bom).htm \|date=21 July 2011}}</ref> His father-in-law was [[John Mott]], a Nobel Prize laureate.<ref name=":0" />

	==References==		==References==
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			==Further reading==
			*{{cite book \|last=Gadbois \|first=George H. \|title=Judges of the Supreme Court of India: 1950–1989 \|year=2011 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|isbn=978-0-19-807061-0 \|doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198070610.001.0001 \|pages=34–37 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GIAyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT38}}

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	* [http://www.bsgindia.org/ Bharat Scouts & Guides<!-- Bot generated title -->]		* [http://www.bsgindia.org/ Bharat Scouts & Guides<!-- Bot generated title -->]
	* [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=B019D2274D9A3CB525B421C673DCFA5F.tomcat1?fromPage=online&aid=1470896 Cambridge Journals Online - Abstract<!-- Bot generated title -->]		* [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=B019D2274D9A3CB525B421C673DCFA5F.tomcat1?fromPage=online&aid=1470896 Cambridge Journals Online – Abstract<!-- Bot generated title -->]

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	{{succession box \|title= [[Bharat Scouts and Guides\|National Commissioners of the Bharat Scouts and Guides]] \|before= Dr. [[Hridyanath Kunzru]]\|after= Professor [[Madan Mohan ~~(Scouting)\|Madan Mohan]]~~ \|years=1957–1959}}		{{succession box \|title= [[Bharat Scouts and Guides\|National Commissioners of the Bharat Scouts and Guides]] \|before= Dr. [[Hridyanath Kunzru]]\|after= Professor Madan Mohan \|years=1957–1959}}
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	{{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.}}<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010204/edit.htm\|title = The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Editorial}}</ref>		{{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.}}<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010204/edit.htm\|title = The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Editorial}}</ref>

	The landmark judgement by Vivian Bose J in Virsa Singh v State of Punjab has set an important judicial precedent regarding the applicability of section 300 Thirdly of The Indian Penal Code of 1860.~~{{citation needed\|date=November 2016}}~~		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.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/bibman/23345.shtml\|title=The Monkey Tree - BOSE, IRENE MOTT (MRS. VIVIAN BOSE)}}</ref><ref>http://law.incometaxindia.gov.in/Directtaxlaws/act2005/%5B1979%5D118ITR0989(Bom).htm</ref>		He was married to [[Canadian]] [[Irene Mott]], the author of ''[[The Monkey Tree]]'' on 18 December 1930.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/bibman/23345.shtml\|title=The Monkey Tree - BOSE, IRENE MOTT (MRS. VIVIAN BOSE)}}</ref><ref>http://law.incometaxindia.gov.in/Directtaxlaws/act2005/%5B1979%5D118ITR0989(Bom).htm</ref>

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	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.<ref>http://nhrc.nic.in/Documents/JHidyaMemo-II.pdf</ref>		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.<ref>http://nhrc.nic.in/Documents/JHidyaMemo-II.pdf</ref>

	{{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.}}<ref>http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010204/edit.htm</ref>		{{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.}}<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010204/edit.htm\|title = The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Editorial}}</ref>

	The landmark judgement by Vivian Bose J in Virsa Singh v State of Punjab has set an important judicial precedent regarding the applicability of section 300 Thirdly of The Indian Penal Code of 1860.{{citation needed\|date=November 2016}}		The landmark judgement by Vivian Bose J in Virsa Singh v State of Punjab has set an important judicial precedent regarding the applicability of section 300 Thirdly of The Indian Penal Code of 1860.{{citation needed\|date=November 2016}}

	He was married to [[Canadian]] [[Irene Mott]], the author of ''[[The Monkey Tree]]'' on 18 December 1930.<ref>http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/bibman/23345.shtml</ref><ref>http://law.incometaxindia.gov.in/Directtaxlaws/act2005/%5B1979%5D118ITR0989(Bom).htm</ref>		He was married to [[Canadian]] [[Irene Mott]], the author of ''[[The Monkey Tree]]'' on 18 December 1930.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/bibman/23345.shtml\|title=The Monkey Tree - BOSE, IRENE MOTT (MRS. VIVIAN BOSE)}}</ref><ref>http://law.incometaxindia.gov.in/Directtaxlaws/act2005/%5B1979%5D118ITR0989(Bom).htm</ref>

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| office1 = Judge of [[Supreme Court of India]]
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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 [[Bharat Scouts and Guides|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]], Pandit [[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.<ref>http://nhrc.nic.in/Documents/JHidyaMemo-II.pdf</ref>

{{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.}}<ref>http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010204/edit.htm</ref>

The landmark judgement by Vivian Bose J in Virsa Singh v State of Punjab has set an important judicial precedent regarding the applicability of section 300 Thirdly of The Indian Penal Code of 1860.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}

He was married to [[Canadian]] [[Irene Mott]], the author of ''[[The Monkey Tree]]'' on 18 December 1930.<ref>http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/bibman/23345.shtml</ref><ref>http://law.incometaxindia.gov.in/Directtaxlaws/act2005/%5B1979%5D118ITR0989(Bom).htm</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.bsgindia.org/ Bharat Scouts & Guides]
* [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=B019D2274D9A3CB525B421C673DCFA5F.tomcat1?fromPage=online&aid=1470896 Cambridge Journals Online - Abstract]

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