Basil Scott

Sir Basil Scott (1859 - 1926) was the Chief Justices of the Bombay High Court.

A portrait photo of Sir Basil Scott in black and white. Sir Basil Scott was the Chief of Justice of Bombay (Currently - Mumbai City - India)

Early life

Sir 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 also appointed as permanent Advocate-General of Bombay. In 1906 he was elevated as Puisne Judge and After retirement of Sir Lawrence Hugh Jenkins, he was appointed for the post of Chief Justice in 1908. It is known that some of his decisions 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 the case against Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.[4]

References
  1. Scott, Hon’ble Sir Basil. "The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)". Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. "Sir BASIL SCOTT". bombayhighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  3. Raj Kumar, Raj Pruthi (1981). "Annie Besant's Rise to Power in Indian Politics, 1914-1917". Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  4. Jaywant Joglekar (October 2006). Veer Savarkar Father of Hindu Nationalism. ISBN 9781847283801. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
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