Over the course of his career on the Supreme Court, Das authored 160 judgments and sat on 560 benches.

[4] During Das's tenure as Chief Justice, the Supreme Court grew from eight to eleven judges.

Six of the ten judges that Das appointed to the Court would eventually serve as Chief Justice.

His daughter married his junior counsel Ashoke Sen, who later became Union Law Minister.

The bungalow at 1, Safdurjung Road used by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as her residence was priorly inhabited by Chief Justice S.R.