Q. If President and Vice President, both are unavailable, who among the following would discharge the functions?
Answer: Chief Justice of India
Notes: As per the President (Discharge of Functions) Act, 1969, Chief justice of India (CJI) shall act as the president of India in the event of the offices of both the president and the vice president being vacant. It happened once in India when Dr. Zakir Hussain died in office and Vice President V. V. Giri acted as the president. Later, Mr. Giri resigned as the vice president. The CJI, Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah then became the acting president of India.