Chapter II Chapter II

(1) There shall be established a University called Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University.with its headquarters at Visakhapatnam. The campuses of the University shall be located at Kadapa and at such other places as may be decided by the General Council. (2) The University shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal and shall sue and be sued in the name of the Registrar of the University.

The Objects of the University shall be,-(i) To provide quality multi-disciplinary education in legal studies, keeping in view the demands of the global economy and the needs of the domestic society;(ii) To evolve and impart comprehensive legal education at all levels to achieve excellence;(iii) To organize advanced studies and promote research in all branches of Law;(iv) To disseminate legal knowledge and legal process and their role in national development by organizing lectures, seminars, symposia, workshops and conferences.(v) To promote cultural, legal and ethical values with a view to promote and foster the rule of law and the objectives enshrined in the Constitution of India;(vi) To improve the ability to analyse and present for the benefit of the public contemporary issues of public concern and their legal implications;(vii) To publish periodicals, treatises, study books, reports, journals and other literature on all subjects relating to law and applied studies;(viii) To hold examinations and confer degrees and other academic distinctions;(ix) To promote legal awareness for achieving social and economic justice for all;(x) To undertake study and training projects relating to law, legislation and judicial institutions;(xi) To promote inter disciplinary study of Law in relation to management, technology, International Cooperation and development;(xii) to develop in the students and the research scholars a sense of responsibility to serve society in the field of law by developing skills in regard to advocacy, legal services, legislation, parliamentary practice, law reforms and such other matters; to make law and legal processes efficient instruments of social development; and;(xiii) to do all such things as are incidental, necessary or conducive to the attainment of all or any of the objects of the University.

The University shall have the following powers and perform the following functions, namely:-(i) To administer and manage the University and all such centers for study, research, education and instructions as are necessary in furtherance of the objects of the University.(ii) To provide for instruction in all branches of knowledge or learning pertaining to law and such allied subjects as the University may deem fit;(iii) To make provision for research and for advancement and dissemination of knowledge of law;(iv) To institute degrees, titles, diplomas, certificates and other distinctions;(v) To hold examinations and to confer degrees, titles, diplomas and other academic distinctions on persons subject to such conditions as the University may determine and to withdraw any such degrees, titles, diplomas and other academic distinctions subject to such conditions as the University may determine;(vi) To confer honorary degrees or other distinctions in such manner as may be allowed in regulations;(vii) To fix, demand and receive fees and other charges as may be prescribed;(viii) 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;(ix) To establish special centers, specialized study centers or other units for research and instructions as are in the opinion of the University necessary to further its objects;(x) To supervise and control the residence and to regulate the discipline of the students and employees of the University and to make arrangement for promoting their health and general welfare;(xi) To make such special arrangements in respect of residence, discipline and teaching of women students;(xii) to create academic, technical, administrative, ministerial and other posts and to make appointments thereto;(xiii) To regulate and enforce discipline among the employees of the University and to take such disciplinary measures as may be deemed necessary;(xiv) To institute Professorships, Associate Professorships, Assistant Professorships, Readerships, Lecturerships and any other teaching, academic or research posts required by the University;(xv) To appoint persons as Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Readers, Lecturers or otherwise as teachers and researchers in the University and as holders of similar posts;(xvi) To institute and award fellowships, scholarships, prizes and medals;(xvii) To provide for printing, reproduction and publication of research and other works and to organize exhibitions;(xviii) To sponsor and undertake research in all aspects of law, justice and social development;(xix) To cooperate with other organizations in the matter of education, training and research in law, justice, social development 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;(xx) To cooperate with institutions of higher learning in any part of the word, having objects wholly or otherwise 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; (v) To hold examinations and to confer degrees, titles, diplomas and other academic distinctions on persons subject to such conditions as the University may determine and to withdraw any such degrees, titles, diplomas and other academic distinctions subject to such conditions as the University may determine; (vi) To confer honorary degrees or other distinctions in such manner as may be allowed in regulations; (vii) To fix, demand and receive fees and other charges as may be prescribed; (viii) 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; (ix) To establish special centers, specialized study centers or other units for research and instructions as are in the opinion of the University necessary to further its objects; (x) To supervise and control the residence and to regulate the discipline of the students and employees of the University and to make arrangement for promoting their health and general welfare; (xi) To make such special arrangements in respect of residence, discipline and teaching of women students; (xii) to create academic, technical, administrative, ministerial and other posts and to make appointments thereto; (xiii) To regulate and enforce discipline among the employees of the University and to take such disciplinary measures as may be deemed necessary; (xiv) To institute Professorships, Associate Professorships, Assistant Professorships, Readerships, Lecturerships and any other teaching, academic or research posts required by the University; (xv) To appoint persons as Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Readers, Lecturers or otherwise as teachers and researchers in the University and as holders of similar posts; (xvi) To institute and award fellowships, scholarships, prizes and medals; (xvii) To provide for printing, reproduction and publication of research and other works and to organize exhibitions; (xviii) To sponsor and undertake research in all aspects of law, justice and social development; (xix) To cooperate with other organizations in the matter of education, training and research in law, justice, social development 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; (xx) To cooperate with institutions of higher learning in any part of the word, having objects wholly or otherwise 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; (xxi) To regulate the expenditure and to manage the accounts of the University; (xxii) To establish and maintain within the premises of the University or elsewhere such schools, colleges study Halls as the University may consider necessary and to adequately furnish the same and to establish and maintain such libraries and reading rooms as may appear convenient or necessary for the University; (xxiii) To receive grants, subventions, subscriptions, donations and gifts for the purposes of the University consistent with the objects for which the University is established; (xxiv) To purchase, take on lease, or accept as gift, or otherwise any land or building or works which may be necessary or convenient for the purpose of the University and on such terms and conditions as it may think fit and proper and to construct or alter and maintain any such building or works; (xxv) To sell, exchange, lease or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of the properties of the University, movable or immovable, on such terms and conditions as it may think fit and proper without prejudice to the interests and activities of the University; (xxvi) To draw and accept, to make and endorse, to discount promissory notes, bills of exchange, cheques or other negotiable instruments and negotiate with Government of India; (xxvii) To execute conveyances, transfers, reconveyances, mortgages, leases, licenses and agreements in respect of property, movable or immovable including Government securities belonging to the University or to be acquired for the purpose of the University; (xxviii) To appoint in order to execute an instrument or transact any business of the University any person as it may deem fit; (xxix) To give up and cease from carrying on any classes or departments of the University; (xxx) To enter into any agreement with the Central Government, State Government, the University Grants Commission or other authorities for receiving grants; (xxxi) To accept grants of money, securities or property of any kind or description on such terms and conditions, as may be deemed expedient; (xxxii) To raise and borrow money on bonds, mortgages, promissory notes or other obligations or securities founded or based upon all or any of the properties and assets of the University or without any securities and upon 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 or debt made; (xxxiii) To invest the funds of the University or moneys entrusted to the University in or upon such securities or deposits and in such manner as it may deem fit and from time to time transpose any investments; (xxxiv) To make such statutes, regulations and other instruments as may, from time to time, be considered necessary for regulating the affairs and the management of the University and its properties and to alter, modify and to rescind them; (xxxv) To constitute for the benefit of the academic, technical, administrative and other staff, in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed pension, insurance, provident fund and gratuity other schemes as it may deem fit and to make such grants as it may think fit for the benefit of the staff of the University and to aid in the establishment and support of associations, institutions, funds and trusts for the benefit of the staff and the students of University; (xxxvi) To delegate all or any of its powers to the Vice-Chancellor or any committee, Council or Board or to any one or more members of its body or its officers; and; (xxxvii) To do all such other acts and any things as the University may consider necessary, conducive or incidental to the attainment or enlargement of the aforesaid objects or any of them.

(1) All teachings in connection with degrees, diplomas and certificates of the University shall be conducted in accordance with the syllabus prescribed by the Regulations. (2) The Courses and curricula and the authorities responsible for organizing the teaching of such courses and curricula shall be prescribed by the Regulations.

No person shall be excluded from holding any office in the University or from membership of any of the authorities of the University or from admission to any degree, diploma or other distinction or course of study, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them, and it shall not adopt or impose on any person any test whatsoever of religious belief or profession in order to entitle him to be admitted thereto as a teacher or student or to hold any office therein or to qualify for any degree, diploma or other distinction or to enjoy or exercise any of the privileges of the University: Provided that,- (1) the University may maintain, any college or institution, intended exclusively for women, either for their education, or for their residence; (2) the University may reserve seats in any University college for women, members of socially and educationally backward classes, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and physically handicapped persons or allot seats on such regional basis as may be declared by the University.

(1) (i) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, or his nominee from among the sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India shall be the Visitor of the University. (ii) The Visitor shall have the right to call for the report on any matter pertaining to the affairs of the University and suggest recommendations to the General Council of the University (2) The Chief Justice of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh shall be the Chancellor of the University. (2) * * * * * (3) The Chancellor when present shall preside over the Convocations of the University and the meeting of the General Council. (4) The Chancellor 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 equipment and of any institution maintained by the University and also of the examinations, teaching and other work conducted or done by the University and cause an inquiry to be made in like manner in respect of any matter connected with the administration and finances of the University. (5) The Chancellor shall give notice to 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. (6) The Chancellor may offer such advise to University as deemed fit with reference to the result of the inspection or inquiry. (7) The University shall communicate to the Chancellor the action taken or proposed to be taken on such advise. (8) Where the University does not take action to the satisfaction of the Chancellor within the time limit fixed by him, he may after considering any explanation furnished or representation made by the University, issue such direction as he may think fit and the University shall comply with such direction. (2) [Omitted] (3) The Chancellor when present shall preside over the Convocations of the University and the meeting of the General Council. (4) The Chancellor 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 equipment and of any institution maintained by the University and also of the examinations, teaching and other work conducted or done by the University and cause an inquiry to be made in like manner in respect of any matter connected with the administration and finances of the University. (5) The Chancellor shall give notice to 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. (6) The Chancellor may offer such advise to University as deemed fit with reference to the result of the inspection or inquiry. (7) The University shall communicate to the Chancellor the action taken or proposed to be taken on such advise. (8) Where the University does not take action to the satisfaction of the Chancellor within the time limit fixed by him, he may after considering any explanation furnished or representation made by the University, issue such direction as he may think fit and the University shall comply with such direction.

(1) The Vice Chancellor shall be an outstanding scholar in law. (2) The Vice-Chancellor shall be appointed by the Chancellor from out of a panel of not less than three persons recommended by a Committee constituted under sub-section (3): Provided that if the Chancellor does not approve any of the persons so recommended he may call for fresh recommendations. (3) The committee referred to in sub-section (2) shall consist of three members of whom one shall be nominated by the Executive Council, one by University Grants Commission and one by the Government and the Member nominated by the Government shall be the Convener of the Committee: Provided that the panel shall be prepared from out of the candidates who submit their curricular vitae which is sponsored by some reputed persons or institution in the field of law or legal profession. (4) The Vice-Chancellor shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters his office or until he attains the age of seventy years whichever is earlier and he shall be eligible for reappointment: Provided that after the expiry of the tenure of the Vice – Chancellor, he shall continue in office till the successor assumes the charge. (5) It shall be competent for the Chancellor to accept the resignation of the Vice-Chancellor. (6) the emoluments and other conditions of service of the Vice-Chancellor shall be as prescribed by regulations. (7) If the office of the Vice-Chancellor becomes vacant due to death, resignation or otherwise or if he is unable to perform his duties due to ill health or any other cause, the Chancellor shall have the authority to appoint a person to perform the functions of the Vice-Chancellor until the new Vice-Chancellor assumes his office or until the existing Vice-Chancellor attends to the duties of his office, as the case may be. (8) The Vice-Chancellor shall be the academic head and the principal executive officer of the University and shall exercise general control over its affairs. He shall be a whole-time officer of the University. He shall,- (i) ensure that the provisions of this Act, statues and regulations are duly implemented and he shall have all powers as are necessary for that purpose; (ii) convene the meetings of the General Council, Executive Council and the Academic Council and shall perform all other acts as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this Act; (iii) preside over the meetings of the General Council in the absence of the Chancellor; (iv) have all such powers as are necessary for proper maintenance of discipline in the University; (9) Where, in the opinion of the Vice-Chancellor an emergency requires immediate action, he shall take such action as he deems necessary and shall report the action so taken for confirmation in the next meeting of the authority which in the ordinary course would have dealt with, with the matter. (10) The Vice-Chancellor shall not be removed from his office except by an order of the Chancellor passed on the ground of willful omission or refusal to carry out the provisions of the Act or abuse of power vested in him and after due inquiry conducted in the manner prescribed.