Bharatkumar "Bharat" Patel (born 16 April 1952) is a Zimbabwean judge who has served on the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe since 2013.
Patel was born on 16 April 1952 in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (today Harare, Zimbabwe).
In April 2003 he assumed the post of Acting Attorney-General after the resignation of Andrew Chigovera.
[2][3] In December 2004 Patel was appointed to the bench in the High Court of Zimbabwe, and assumed judicial duties in January 2005.
He was sworn in, alongside fellow Justice Ben Hlatshwayo, by President Robert Mugabe at State House in Harare on 22 May 2013.