Girish Patel (5 December 1932 – 6 October 2018) was an Indian human rights lawyer, academic and constitutional expert.
[2] Patel practiced at International Court of Justice, then upon return to India served as principal of Maneklal Nanavati Law College in Ahmedabad, as member of Gujarat University Senate, and as member of the Gujarat State Law Commission.
[3] Patel, along with M. C. Bhatt, provided legal assistance to Narmada Bachao Andolan and worked closely with Medha Patkar.
[1][5][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][3][26] Girish Patel Smarnanjali Lecture Series has been instituted to honour his memory.
[27][28][29][30][31] Dalit leader and Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani worked under the mentorship of Patel.