Sir Srinivas Varadachariar (20 June 1881 – 6 September 1970) was an Indian jurist who was the first Indian chief justice of the Federal Court of India when he served as the acting chief justice of the court between 25 April 1943 and 7 June 1943.
Varadachariar was born on 20 June 1881 into a family of Iyengar priests, with limited financial means.
His father was the priest to the house of lawyer and jurist Sir V. Bhashyam Aiyangar, the first Indian Advocate-General of Madras.
[4] Varadachariar succeeded M. R. Jayakar who stepped down as a judge when he was appointed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
[2] He later served as the president of the board of the Lady Sivaswami Iyer Girls' School in Madras.