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| honorific_prefix = Hon'ble Justice (Retd.)<br />
| name = Bachu Jagannadha Das<br />
| honorific_suffix =<br />
| image = Justice B Jagannadha Das.jpg<br />
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| caption = <br />
| office = [[Judge]] of [[Supreme Court of India]]<br />
| term_start = 9 March 1953<br />
| term_end = 26 July 1958<br />
| nominator = [[M. Patanjali Sastri]]<br />
| appointer = [[Rajendra Prasad]]<br />
| office1 = [[List of former chief justices of the high courts of India#Orissa High Court|2nd Chief Justice]] of [[Orissa High Court]]<br />
| term_start1 = 31 October 1951<br />
| term_end1 = 3 March 1953<br />
| nominator1 = <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number--><br />
| appointer1 = [[Rajendra Prasad]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Bira Kishore Ray]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Lingaraj Panigrahi]]<br />
| office2 = [[Judge]] of [[Orissa High Court]]<br />
| term_start2 = 26 July 1948<br />
| term_end2 = 31 October 1950<br />
| nominator2 = <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number--><br />
| appointer2 = [[C. Rajagopalachari]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1893|07|27|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Berhampur]], [[Ganjam]]<br />
| death_date = Not known<br />
| children = <br />
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| alma_mater = [[Khallikote College]]<br>[[Madras Presidency College]]<br>[[Madras Law College]] <br />
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'''Bachu Jagannadha Das''' (27 July 1893 – unknown) was the second Chief Justice of [[Orissa High Court]] and former judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=FORMER JUSTICES {{!}} SUPREME COURT OF INDIA |url=https://api.sci.gov.in/former-justices |access-date=2021-06-07 |website=main.sci.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and career ==<br />
He was born on 27 July 1893 at [[Berhampur]], [[Ganjam]] and had his early education in Berhampur. He passed Intermediate examination from the [[Khallikote College|Khalikote College]] in the First Division in 1909 and passed from [[Presidency College, Chennai|Madras Presidency College]] with 1st class in Mathematics in his [[B.A.|B.A.(Honours)]] examination. He is a M.L. of the [[Madras Law College]] and stood first in his examination in the Presidency Law College. He is also a gold medalist of the [[University of Madras|Madras University]] in [[Hindu law|Hindu Law]] and joined Madras Bar in 1917 and had his apprenticeship under Justice Ramesam. He was a practising advocate of Madras for nearly 30 years.<br />
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Besides the legal practice in [[Madras High Court]] Jagannadha Das joined [[Indian National Congress]] in 1921. He took part in nationalist movement, social works along with [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. He was very intimately connected with various organizations of the Indian National Congress and of late Mahatma Gandhi such as Gandhi Seva Sangh, [[Harijan Sevak Sangh|Harijan Seba Sangh]], Hindi Prachar Sabha etc. He was a [[Councillor|councilor]] of the [[Madras Corporation]].<br />
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He was called to the Bar at Madras 1918 and practiced in Appellate side till 1948 with a break of 2 years (1932–34) during which interned in connection with 1942 Congress Movement. He was a Member of Bar Council Madras from 1943 to 48.<br />
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He was elevated to the Bench of Orissa High Court upon its establishment on 26 July 1948 and served as the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court from 31 October 1951<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Chief Justice {{!}} Orissa High Court, Cuttack |url=https://orissahighcourt.nic.in/judges/former-chief-justices/hon-ble-mr-justice-bachu-jagannadha-das/ |access-date=2021-06-07 |website=orissahighcourt.nic.in}}</ref> until his elevation as Judge of [[Supreme Court of India]] in 1953.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Jaitley criticises Congress for creating hue and cry over judicial appointment issue |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/jaitley-criticises-congress-for-creating-hue-and-cry-over-judicial-appointment-issue/articleshow/64529496.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2021-06-07 |work=The Economic Times}}</ref><br />
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