The line of succession for the President's office is: Vice-President, then Chief Justice of India, then the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court available.
If the posts of President and Vice-President fall vacant at the same time, who will act as the President of India ?
Asked in APPSC Panchayat secretary Prelims 2016 · Topic: The President (Vacancies in the Office of President)
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