| Appajee Varadarajan | |
| Office: | Judge of Supreme Court of India |
| Nominator: | Y. V. Chandrachud |
| Appointer: | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| Termstart: | 10 December 1980 |
| Termend: | 16 August 1985 |
| Office1: | Judge of Madras High Court |
| Birth Date: | 1920 8, df=y |
| Termstart1: | 1974 |
| Termend1: | 1980 |
| Death Place: | Anna Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. |
| Nominator1: | A. N. Ray |
| Appointer1: | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
| Honorific Prefix: | Hon'ble Justice |
| Birth Place: | Tirupattur, Madras Presidency, British India (now Tirupattur district, Tamil Nadu, India) |
Justice A.Varadarajan (1920-2009) was a judge of Supreme Court of India.
A. Varadarajan was born into Scheduled Caste family at Jolarpettai, Vellore district, Madras Presidency. He was inspired by Iyothee Thass, a pioneer in Dalit activism, during his youth days. He did his matriculation from Municipal High School at Tirupattur, intermediate from Voorhees College, (Vellore), B.A. from Loyola College (Madras) and LLB from Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College (Madras).[1]
In 1944 he was enrolled as a lawyer and practised in civil and criminal on the original and appellate sides. Later he got promoted as Sub-Judge, District and Sessions Judge, Additional Judge and Permanent Judge in 1974.[2]
In 1980 he was nominated as the judge of Supreme Court of India being the first Dalit to reach such position.[3] [4]
Varadarajan retired in 1985 and joined Prakash Ambedkar in his efforts for implementing reservations and seeking actions against violence on Dalits.