Which Chief Justice of India had the shortest tenure in the office?
- A.K. N. Singh
- B.M. H. Kania
- C.L. M. Sharma
- D.Kamal Narain Sinha
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, K. N. Singh. Justice Kamal Narain Singh was Chief Justice of India for only seventeen days, from 25 November to 12 December 1991, the shortest tenure in the history of the office. Option B is wrong because Justice M. H. Kania, who succeeded him, served for about a year, until November 1992, and is instead remembered as the nephew of the first Chief Justice. Option C is wrong because Justice L. M. Sharma followed Kania and held the office for a few months in 1992 and 1993, longer than seventeen days. Option D is a fabricated name used as a distractor and is not in the list of Chief Justices at all. The pairing of seventeen days with the year 1991 is the fact to fix.
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