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{{Primary sources|date=August 2019}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = '''Hon'ble Justice''
| name = Dr. G.C.Bharuka
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| order =
| office = Chairman, E-Committee
| term_start = 2 January 2005
| term_end = 30 January 2008
| appointer = [[Manmohan Singh]] <br> [[Prime Minister of India]]
| predecessor =
| successor =
| office2 = [[Karnataka High Court|Acting Chief Justice, Karnataka High Court]]
| term_start2 = 1 June 1994
| term_end2 = 28 April 2003
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| office3 = [[Patna High Court|Judge, Patna High Court]]
| term_start3 = 27 July August 1990
| term_end3 = 30 May 1994
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|6|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bogra]], [[Bangladesh]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|3|15|1941|6|15|df=y}}
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| spouse = Dr. Hansa Bharuka
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| relations =
| children = Rajni Tekriwal, Rashmi Agarwal, Devashish Bharuka, Subhashish Bharuka
| residence = New Delhi
| alma_mater = [[National Law School of India University]], [[Bangalore]]
| occupation = Sr. Advocate, [[Supreme Court of India]]
| profession = Arbitrator
| religion =
| education = PhD,BSc,MSc,B.Law
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'''Gopi Chand Bharuka''' (also known as '''G. C. Bharuka''') (1941-2018) was the former Chairman of E-Committee<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://egov.eletsonline.com/2007/11/towards-speedy-inexpensive-transparent-and-accountable-justice-justice-gc-bharuka-chairman-e-committee-supreme-court-of-india-2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119090534/https://egov.eletsonline.com/2007/11/towards-speedy-inexpensive-transparent-and-accountable-justice-justice-gc-bharuka-chairman-e-committee-supreme-court-of-india-2/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-01-19|title=Towards Speedy, Inexpensive, Transparent and Accountable Justice : Justice GC Bharuka, Chairman, e-Committee, Supreme Court of India {{!}} eGov Magazine|date=2017-01-19|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> constituted by the [[Government of India]] for the period of 3 years from January 2005 to January 2008. He retired as the acting Chief Justice at theHigh Court of Karnataka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in/|title=High Court of Karnataka Official Web Site|website=karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/judge-population-ratio-paucity-chief-justice-judiciary-law-pm-modi-the-wrong-metric-2819265/|title=The wrong metric|date=2016-05-26|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
G.C.Bharuka<ref name=":0" /> was born on 15 June 1941 in [[Bogra]], in [[Bangladesh]] (then, part of pre-independent India) in a Marwari [[Agrawal]] family. After completing his education from Ranchi, he moved to the city of Patna, Bihar to pursue law. In 2003, he completed doctoral studies from the [[National Law School of India University]] while still active on the bench at Karnataka High Court. His thesis was later published in a book form titled 'Rejuvenating Judicial System through E-Governance & Attitudinal Change' published by Wadhwa & Co.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Blueprint-of-judicial-reforms-released/articleshow/194600.cms|title='Blueprint' of judicial reforms released {{!}} Bengaluru News - Times of India|last=22 Sep|first=TNN {{!}} Updated|last2=2003|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-06-26|last3=Ist|first3=1:30}}</ref>

== Career ==
Bharuka started his legal practice at the Patna High Court in 1968. Later, in 1984 he became a senior lawyer following which in the year 1990 he was elevated to the bench in Patna High Court. In 1994, he was transferred to the High Court of Karnataka where he served as a Judge till his retirement in June 2003 as the acting Chief Justice.

He played an instrumental role is implementing information technology practices in the Indian judicial system with introduction of computers for the first time at [[Patna High Court]]. After being transferred to the [[Karnataka High Court|High Court of Karnataka]] in 1994, he automated the courts starting from subordinate to the high court.

In 2004, keeping the automation of Karnataka courts as a role model, Bharuka was recommended by the Honourable Chief Justice of India to the Union Cabinet to setup an e-committee for automation of all courts across India. Bharuka was appointed as the Chairman of the E-Committee<ref>{{cite web|last1=Krishna|first1=R. Jai|title=Judge Bringing Tech Revolution to the Courts|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/08/30/judge-bringing-tech-revolution-to-the-courts/|website=WSJ|date=30 August 2013}}</ref> in the year 2005. Justice Bharuka was appointed as the chairman to formulate the National Policy and Action Plan for Information and Communication Technology Enablement of the Indian Judiciary and suggest measures for management related changes.

He has also been Chairman, National Anti Doping Tribunal, New Delhi. Besides that, he was a regular visiting faculty in the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal and Chanakya National Law University, Patna.

His work on judicial reforms was internationally recognized. He was engaged by the Asian Development Bank<ref>{{cite web|title=UNO Doc|url=https://www.unodc.org/pdf/crime/corruption/judicial_group/Bangalore.pdf|website=UNODOC}}</ref> as an External Consultant for its India Administration of Justice – Technical Assistance Report (2003–04). He was also engaged by [[Deloitte]] India as an External Consultant for improvement of the judicial system in [[Kenya]] through e-governance (2008–09). He was engaged by [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] as Project Leader in a [[United Nations Development Programme|UNDP]] project for process mapping of the criminal justice system in [[Bangladesh]] and suggesting ways for implementation of ICT (since 2014). In 2013-14, the [[World Bank]] engaged him in their project for studying Land Governance in India and preparing a national document. Justice Bharuka was involved in module concerning Dispute Resolution.

He was awarded the Skotch Challengers Award<ref>{{cite web|title=Award Categories-2006|url=http://www.challengers.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82&Itemid=163|website=www.challengers.in|language=en-gb}}</ref> for ICT in Judiciary<ref>{{cite web|title=TECHNOLOGY AND TIMELY JUSTICE {{!}} Common Cause|url=http://www.commoncause.in/publication_details.php?id=453|website=www.commoncause.in|language=en}}</ref> in March 2006.

== Publications ==
Amongst his writings, he was the Editor of 2007 ed of Mulla's Indian Partnership Act,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.sapnaonline.com/books/mulla-indian-partnership-act-gc-bharuka-8180381498-9788180381492|title=Mulla The Indian Partnership Act by Gc Bharuka|via=www.sapnaonline.com}}</ref> Editor of 2007 ed of Mulla's Sales of Goods Act and Editor of the 10th ed. of Mulla's Transfer of Property Act, 2006. He contributed a Chapter on "Corruption in the Justice Delivery System" in the book "Fighting Corruption – The Way Forward" (2013). He also contributed a Chapter on "Access to Justice" in the book "Judicial Reforms in India".
He was a regular visiting faculty in the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal and Chanakya National Law University, Patna.

Other articles - Implementation of Information And Communication Technology in Indian Judiciary<ref>{{cite web|title=Judicial Reform|url=http://rajasthanjudicialacademy.nic.in/docs/2_s6.pdf|website=Rajasthan Judicial Academy}}</ref>

== Death ==
G.C.Bharuka died due to a brain stroke in New Delhi on 15 March 2018. He breathed last at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.livelaw.in/remembering-justice-bharuka-june-15-1941-march-16-2018/ | title=Remembering Justice Bharuka (June 15, 1941- March 15, 2018)| date=16 March 2018}}</ref>

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