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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.
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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References
- ↑ "Documents | National Human Rights Commission India" (PDF).
- ↑ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Editorial".
- ↑ "The Monkey Tree - BOSE, IRENE MOTT (MRS. VIVIAN BOSE)".
- ↑ HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY Commissioner of Income-tax v. Vivian Bose KANTAWALA, CJ. AND CHANDURKAR, J. [1979 118ITR0989(Bom).htm Archived] 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Further reading
- Gadbois, George H. (2011). Judges of the Supreme Court of India: 1950–1989. Oxford University Press. pp. 34–37. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198070610.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-807061-0.
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