Academic Council

(1) The Academic Council shall be constituted by the Chancellor which shall consist of the following ex-officio and other members,namely:-

1. (a) The Vice Chancellor; shall be the Ex-officio Chairman of the AcademicCouncil;
2. (b) The Registrar General, High Court of Karnataka;
3. (c) The Principal Secretary/Secretary to Government, Education Department in charge of Higher Education;
4. (d) The Secretary to Government, Department of Law, Justice and Human Rights or his nominee not below the rank of Additional Secretary to Government - Ex-officio Member;
5. (e) The Secretary to Government, Department of Parliamentary Affairs and Legislation or his nominee not below the rank of Joint Secretary to Government - Ex-officio member;
6. (f) The Commissioner for Collegiate Education, Bangalore or his nominee not below the rank of Additional Commissioner of CollegiateEducation;
7. (g) The Director, National Law School of India University,Bangalore;
8. (h) ten Principals of Law Colleges affiliated to the University nominated by the Vice Chancellor 1[for a period of one year on the basis of seniority]1;
   • (i) Chairmen of University Departments of Studies andResearch;
9. (j) Librarian of the University Library;
10. (k) five members nominated by the Government of whom one shall be a person belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes one to Other Backward Classes and three others of whom one shall be a woman from among the members of the legal profession or from the members of the law teaching faculty;
11. (l) three members of the Karnataka Legislature nominated by the Government of whom two shall be a member of the Legislative Assembly and another from the Legislative Council;
12. (m) two members nominated by the Government from among eminent Senior Advocates of whom one shall be a womanadvocate;
13. (n) one member nominated by the Bar Council of Karnataka from among its members. 2[(o) one Dean nominated by Vice-Chancellor for a period of two years;]2

1. (2) When a person ceases to be a member of the Academic Council, he shall cease to be a member of any of the authorities of the University of which he may happen to be a member by virtue of his membership of the AcademicCouncil.
2. (3) The members of the Academic Council shall not be entitled to receive any remuneration from the University except such daily / traveling allowances as may be prescribed: Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall preclude any member from drawing his normal emoluments to which he is entitled by virtue of office he holds.
3. (4) A member of the Academic Council, other than an ex-officio member, may tender resignation of his membership at any time before the term of his office expires. Such resignation shall be conveyed to the Chancellor by a letter in writing by the members, and the resignation shall take effect from the date of his acceptance by theChancellor.

¹ Substituted by Act 27of 2016 w.e.f. 08.08.2016

² Inserted by Act 27of 2016 w.e.f. 08.08.2016