(i) to administer and manage the University and such centers of research education and instruction as are necessary for the furtherance of the objects of the University;
(ii) to provide for instruction in such branches of knowledge or learning pertaining to law as the University may think fit and to make provision for research and for advancement and dissemination of knowledge of law;
(iii) to organize and undertake extra-mural teaching and extension services;
(iv) to hold examinations and to grant diplomas or certificates, and to confer degrees including joint degrees in law combined with other disciplines and other academic distinctions on persons subject to such conditions as the University may determine and to withdraw any such diplomas, certificates, degrees or other academic distinctions for good and sufficient cause;
(v) to confer honorary degrees or other distinctions in such manner as may be laid down by regulations;
(vi) to fix, demand and receive fees and other charges;
(vii) to institute and maintain halls and hostels and to recognize places of residence for the students of the University and to withdraw such recognition accorded to any such place of residence;
(viii) to establish such special centres, specialized study centres or other units for research and instruction as are, in the opinion of the University, necessary for the furtherance of its objects;
(ix) to supervise and control the residence and to regulate the discipline of the students of the University;
(x) to create academic, technical, administrative, ministerial and other posts and to make appointments thereto;
(xi) to regulate conduct and enforce discipline among the employees of the University and to take such disciplinary measures as may be deemed necessary;
Headquarters of University.
Objects of University.
University open to all irrespective of religion, class, sex, race, etc.
Powers and functions of University.
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(xii) to institute Professorships, Associate Professorships, Assistant Professorships, Readerships, Lecturerships and any other teaching, academic or research posts required by the University;
(xiii) to appoint persons as Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Readers, Lecturers or otherwise as teachers and researchers of the University;
(xiv) to establish and run specialised Schools for studies and research in various disciplines in law and related fields;
(xv) to institute and award fellowships, scholarships, prizes and medals;
(xvi) to provide for printing, reproduction and publication of research and other works and to organize exhibitions;
(xvii) to sponsor and undertake research in all aspects of law, jurisprudence, justice, legislation, parliamentary practice and related fields;
(xviii) to co-operate with any other organization in the matter of education, training and research in law, jurisprudence, justice, legislation, parliamentary practice and allied subjects for such purposes as may be agreed upon on such terms and conditions as the University may, from time to time, determine;
(xix) to co-operate with institutions of higher learning in any part of the world having objects wholly or partially similar to those of the University, by exchange of teachers and scholars and generally in such manner as may be conducive to the common objects;
(xx) to regulate the expenditure and to maintain the account of the University;
(xxi) to establish and maintain, within the premises of the University or elsewhere, such class rooms and study halls as the University may consider adequate and necessary and to establish and maintain such libraries and reading rooms as may appear convenient or necessary for the University;
(xxii) to receive grants, subventions, subscriptions, donations and gifts for the purpose of the University and consistent with the objects for which the University is established;
(xxiii) to purchase, take on lease or accept as gifts or otherwise, any land or building or works, which may be necessary or convenient for the purpose of the University, on such terms and conditions as it may think fit and proper, and to construct, alter and maintain any such buildings or works;
(xxiv) to sell, exchange, lease or otherwise dispose of movable or immovable property of the University, on such terms as it may think fit and proper without prejudice to the interests and activities of the University;
Provided that the University shall not sell, exchange, lease or otherwise dispose of movable or immovable property granted by the State Government without prior approval of the State Government or without compliance of the terms and conditions on which the State Government has given approval;
(xxv) to draw and accept, to make and endorse, to discount and negotiate promissory notes, bills of exchange, cheques or other negotiable instruments;
(xxvi) to execute conveyance, transfer, reconveyance, mortgage, lease, licence and agreement in respect of property, movable or immovable, including Government securities belonging to the University or to be acquired for the purpose of the University;
(xxvii) to appoint any person for execution of an instrument or transaction of any business of the University;
(xxviii) to enter into any agreement with the Central Government or the State Government or the Government of any other State or the University Grants Commission or any other authority for receiving grants;
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(xxix) to accept grants of money, securities or property of any kind on such terms as it may deem expedient;
(xxx) to raise and borrow money on bonds, mortgages, promissory notes or other obligations or securities founded or based on all or any of the properties and assets of the University or without any securities and on such terms and conditions as it may think fit and to pay out of the funds of the University, all expenses incidental to the raising of money and to repay and redeem any money borrowed;
(xxxi) to invest the funds of the University or the money entrusted to the University in or on such securities and in such manner as it may deem fit and from time to time transpose any investment;
(xxxii) to make regulations for regulating the affairs and the management of the University;
(xxxiii) to constitute fund for pensions, gratuity, insurance, provident fund which shall be governed by the provisions of the Provident Funds Act, 1925 as if such fund were a Government Provident Fund in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by regulations, and to make such grants as it may think fit for the benefit of any employee of the University and to aid in support of the establishment of associations, institutions, funds and trusts calculated to benefit the employees, and the students of the University;
(xxxiv) to delegate all or any of its powers to the Director or any committee or sub-committee constituted by any authority of the University or to any one or more members of the General Council of the University or to any officer of the University;
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(xxxv) to do all such other acts and things as the University may consider necessary, conducive or incidental to the attainment or promotion of the objects of the University.
8. (1) All recognised teachings in connection with the degrees, diplomas and certificates of the University shall be conducted, under the control of the Academic Council, by the teachers of the University in accordance with the syllabus prescribed by the regulations.
(2) The courses and curricula of teaching, and the authorities responsible for organising such teaching shall be such as may be prescribed by the regulations.
9. [(1) The Chief Justice of India, or a sitting Judge of the Supreme Court to be nominated by the Chief Justice of India, shall be the Visitor of the University.]
(2) The Visitor shall have the right to cause an inspection, to be made by such person or persons as he may direct, of the University, its buildings, libraries and equipments, and of any institution maintained by the University, and also of the examinations, teaching and other work conducted or done by the University, and to cause an inquiry to be made in like manner in respect of any matter connected with the administration and finance of the University.
(3) The Visitor shall give notice to the University of his intention to cause an inspection or inquiry to be made, and the University shall be entitled to appoint a representative who shall have the right to be present and be heard at such inspection or inquiry.
(4) The Visitor may address the Chairman and the Director with reference the result of such inspection or inquiry, and the Director shall communicate to the General Council the results, the views of the Visitor and the advice that may be tendered by the Visitor with regard to the action to be taken thereon.
(5) The General Council shall communicate through the Director to the Visitor of such action, if any, as it proposes to take, or as has been taken, on the result of such inspection or inquiry.
. Sub-section (1) was substituted by Guj. 19 of 2011, s.2.
19 of 1925.
Teaching in University.
Visitor.
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(6) Where the General Council does not take action to the satisfaction of the Visitor within the time limit fixed by the Visitor, the Visitor may after considering any explanation furnished or representation made by the General Council, issue such direction as he may think fit and the General Council shall comply with such direction.
10. (1) The Chairman of the General Council shall be an eminent person in the field of law, academic, industry, trade or commerce or public life. He shall be appointed by the State Government in consultation with the Visitor:
Provided that until the first Chairman is appointed by the State Government, the person functioning as the Chairman of the Indian Institute of Legal Studies Society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 shall be the Chairman of the General Council.
(2) The Chairman shall hold office for a term of five years and he shall be eligible for reappointment to that office only for a further term of five years.
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