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.

[1] Patil was appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of India in March 2000, retiring in January 2005.

[1] In 2006, he was appointed as an Acting Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission by Ministry of Home Affairs.

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.