The current scenario of handling and recycling of construction and demolition (C&D) waste in India is not very promising. The proper management of C&D waste material is necessary to achieve sustainability goals in the field of Civil Engineering. In this research, the utility of recycled brick aggregates (RBA) in geotechnical applications is assessed by performing an extensive experimental program which includes tests like: particle size distribution, specific gravity, water absorption, modified proctor compaction, relative density, aggregate crushing, slake durability index, aggregate impact and Los Angeles abrasion. Shear strength parameters of RBA are evaluated by performing large scale direct shear test (DST). Source of origin of recycled brick aggregates (RBA) for the present study is MNIT campus, Jaipur. The RBA are found to have good compaction and shear strength characteristics as the values of maximum dry density (MDD), optimum moisture content (OMC), cohesion (c’) and angle of shearing resistance (Ф’), evaluated as 2.03 gm/cm3, 11.52 %, 55.82 kPa and 68° respectively. The large scale DST results are also compared with the available literature. The RBA are found to have susceptibility towards crushing failure, thus this study concludes that the RBA may provide good performance as a base/sub-base or backfill material only under the light loading conditions like: - footpath sub-base, light traffic loading road base and sub-base etc. It is recommended that the incorporation of geosynthetic reinforcements or some durable C&D waste aggregates in RBA may enhance its applicability as a sub-base material under heavy traffic pavements.