Editing President of India (section)

== Succession ==
The Office of the president falls vacant in the following scenarios:
# On the expiry of their term.
# By reason of death.
# By reason of [[resignation]].
# Removal by [[impeachment]].
[[s:Constitution of India/Part V#Article 65 %7BThe Vice-President to act as President or to discharge his functions during casual vacancies in the office, or during the absence, of President%7D|Article 65]] of the [[Constitution of India|Indian constitution]] says that the [[Vice-President of India|vice-president of India]] will have to discharge the duties, if the office falls vacant due to any reason other than the expiry of the term.<ref name="Arora" />{{rp|20.10}} The vice president reverts to their office when a new president is elected and enters office. When the president is unable to act because of absence, illness or any other cause, the vice president discharges the president's functions until the president resumes the duties.

A vice president who acts as or discharges the functions of the president has all the powers and immunities of the president and is entitled to the same emoluments as the president. When a vice president discharges the duties of the president, he/she does not function as the Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha.

The [[Parliament of India|Indian parliament]] has enacted the law—''The President (Discharge of Functions) Act, 1969'' —<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.5/pres2012/4000rs.pdf|title=Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704004059/http://164.100.47.5/pres2012/4000rs.pdf|archive-date=4 July 2012|access-date=11 June 2013}}</ref> for the discharge of the functions of the president when vacancies occur in the offices of the president and the vice president simultaneously, owing to removal, death, resignation of the incumbent or otherwise. In such an eventuality, the [[Chief Justice of India|chief justice]]—or in their absence, the senior-most judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]] available—discharges the functions of the president until a newly elected president enters upon their office or a newly elected vice president begins to act as president under Article 65 of the constitution, whichever is the earlier.<ref name="BakshiM2010" />{{rp|96}} For example, in 1969, when President [[Zakir Husain (politician)|Zakir Husain]] died in office, Vice-President [[V. V. Giri]] served as the acting president of India. However, later, V.V Giri resigned from both posts (Acting President of India and Vice-President of India) as he became a candidate in the 1969 presidential election in India. In this event, the then chief justice of India, Justice [[Mohammad Hidayatullah]] served as the acting president of India until the next president was elected.