Shivaraj Patil
{{Short description|Indian judge (born 1940)}}
{{for|Indian politician|Shivraj Patil}}
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{{Infobox judge
|name = Shivaraj Patil
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|office = Justice of the Supreme Court of India
|term_start = 15 March 2000
|term_end = 11 January 2005
|office2 = Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court
|term_start2 = 22 January 1999
|term_end2 = 2000
|office3 = Chief Justice of the Madras High Court
|term_start3 = 28 December 1998
|term_end3 = 19 January 1999
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|01|12|df=y}}
|birth_place = Maladkal, Raichur District, Kingdom of Mysuru, British India (present-day Karnataka, India)
|birthname = Shivaraj Virupanna Patil
|nationality = Indian
|children = Sharan Patil, Basava Prabhu Patil, Malati Patel
}}
Shivaraj Virupanna Patil (born 12 January 1940) is a retired Indian judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of India from 2000 to 2005.
Career
Patil joined the bar in 1962, practising in Hyderabad until the late 1970s.{{cite web | url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/108_svpatil.htm | title=Former Judges – Hon'ble Mr. Justice Shivaraj V. Patil | publisher=Supreme Court of India | accessdate=13 January 2013}}
In 1990 he became a judge of the Karnataka High Court, transferring to the Madras High Court in 1994. He served as Chief Justice of the Madras High Court from late 1998 until becoming chief justice of the Rajasthan High Court in early 1999.
Patil was appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of India in March 2000, retiring in January 2005.
In 2006, he was appointed as an Acting Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission by Ministry of Home Affairs.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Justice Shivaraj V. Patil appointed Acting Chairperson of NHRC {{!}} National Human Rights Commission India |url=https://nhrc.nic.in/press-release/dr-justice-shivaraj-v-patil-appointed-acting-chairperson-nhrc#:~:text=Dr.-,Justice%20Shivaraj%20V.,Justice%20Shri%20Shivaraj%20V. |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=nhrc.nic.in}}
=Post-judicial career=
In July 2011, he was selected as Lokayukta of Karnataka State Government.
He has authored a book, munjaavigondu nudikirana, which was released on his 72nd birthday, 12 January 2012.
He has two sons, Basava Prabhu Patil Sr. Advocate practicing in Supreme court of India and Sharan Patil who is a doctor, heading Sparsh Hospital in Bangalore.{{cite news | url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article§id=10&contentid=20110727201107270933314046fb0d45f | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809081158/http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article§id=10&contentid=20110727201107270933314046fb0d45f | url-status=dead | archive-date=9 August 2011 | title=Justice Shivraj Patil to succeed Hegde as Lokayukta | work=Bangalore Mirror | date=27 July 2011 | accessdate=14 January 2013 | author=R, Chetan}}
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