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| Office | 8th Chief Justice of Bombay High Court |
|---|---|
| Office | Advocate-General of Bombay |
| Office | Acting Judge of Bombay High Court
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| Term start | 1908 |
| Term end | 1919 |
| Predecessor | Lawrence Hugh Jenkins |
| Successor | Norman Cranstoun Macleod |
| Predecessor | Basil Lang |
| Successor | Thomas Strangman
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| Born | 1859
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| Died | 1926
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| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Lawyer, Judge
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Sir Basil Scott (1859 — 1926) was 8th Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.
Early life
Sir Basil Scott was the son of Henry Scott educated at Balliol College, Oxford. He passed B.A. in 1882 and M.A. in 1886. He was called to Bar Inner Temple and came out as a barrister to practice in the Bombay High Court in 1884.[1]
Career
Scott's uncle Basil Lang was the Advocate General and leading in practitioner of the Bombay High Court. Scott became acting Advocate-General in 1899 and was also appointed permanent Advocate-General of Bombay. In 1906 he was elevated as Puisne Judge, and after retirement of Sir Lawrence Hugh Jenkins, appointed as Chief Justice in 1908. It is known that some of his decisions were reversed by the Privy Council and he had to some extent, the prevailing prejudices of the Anglo-Indians of his time.[2] Scott was the member of the Rowlatt Commission[3] and also the head of Special Tribunal under the Special Tribunal Act in 1910 to deal with the case against Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.[4]
References
- ↑ Template:Cite IBD1915
- ↑ Sir BASIL SCOTT. bombayhighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ↑ Annie Besant's Rise to Power in Indian Politics, 1914-1917, Raj Kumar, Raj Pruthi. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ↑ Veer Savarkar Father of Hindu Nationalism{{#if:Jaywant Joglekar|, Jaywant Joglekar}(October 2006). ISBN 9781847283801