12. The General Council.-

The General Council shall be the plenary authority of the University and shall consist of the following members, namely:- (i) The Chancellor; (ii) The Pro-Chancellor; (iii) The Vice-Chancellor; (iv) The Minister for Law, Government of Kerala; (v) The Member of Parliament representing the constituency where the headquarters of the University is located; (vi) The Member of the Legislative Assembly representing the area in which the headquarters of the University is located; (vii) Three Members of the Legislative Assembly elected by the members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly; (viii) Mayor of the Kochi Corporation; (ix) Two sitting Judges of the High Court of Kerala nominated by the Chancellor; (x) The Principal Secretary Higher Education Department, Government of Kerala; (xi) The Law Secretary, Government of Kerala; (xii) The Advocate General of Kerala; (xiii) The Chairman, Bar council of India or his nominee; (xiv) Five members of the Bar Council of Kerala nominated by the Chancellor; (xv) The Managing Trustee of the Trust; (xvi) The Dean of Faculty of Law, Cochin University of Science and Technology; (xvii) The Principal of a Government Law College in Kerala nominated by the Chancellor; (xviii) The President, Kerala High Court Advocates’ Association; (xix) Not more than five members nominated by the Bar Council of Kerala Trust from among Advocates having ten years standing at the Bar of which one shall be a woman and one shall be from Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes and Ex-Bar Council members and not more than four members nominated by Government from among educational experts and technical experts of which one member shall be a woman and one shall be from Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes; (xx) One senior Advocate of the Supreme Court nominated by the Chancellor; (xxi) Two senior members of the Teaching Faculty of the University nominated by the Vice-Chancellor; (xxii) Three students of the University, nominated by the Vice-Chancellor on the basis of academic merit, of which one shall be a woman and one shall be from Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes; (xxiii) Such other members of the Executive Council who are not otherwise members of the General Council.