Which one of the following Chief Justices of India has acted as President of India?
Chief Justice M. Hidayatullah acted as President in 1969 after Vice-President V.V. Giri resigned to contest the presidential election. The official vice-presidential…
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Which one of the following Chief Justices of India has acted as President of India?
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Chief Justice M. Hidayatullah acted as President in 1969 after Vice-President V.V. Giri resigned to contest the presidential election. The official vice-presidential biography records that acting term. Neither Gajendragadkar nor Bhagwati served as acting President.
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