Powers and functions of the Institute

(one) to administer and manage the Institute and such centres of research, education and instruction as are necessary for the furtherance of the objects of the Institute; (two) to provide for instruction in such branches of knowledge or learning pertaining to law as the Institute may think fit and provide for research and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge of law; (three) to undertake and promote research on all aspects of law, justice and social development; (four) to prescribe courses of study for degrees or diplomas and to regulate the admission of students to the Institute; (five) to organise and undertake extra-mural teaching and extension services; (six) to hold examinations and to grant diplomas or certificates, and to confer degrees or other academic distinctions to persons, on such conditions as the Institute may determine, and to withdraw any such diplomas, certificates, degrees or other academic distinctions for good and sufficient cause; (seven) to confer honorary degrees or other academic distinctions in the manner prescribed by the Regulations; (eight) to fix, demand and receive fees and other charges; (nine) to establish and maintain halls and hostels for students, to recognise places of residence for the students of the Institute and to withdraw recognition accorded to any such place of residence; (ten) to institute and make appointments to the posts of Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Reader, Lecturer and any other teaching, academic or research posts required by the Institute; (eleven) to create technical, administrative, ministerial and other posts and to make appointments thereto; (twelve) to regulate and enforce discipline among the students and employees of the Institute and to take such disciplinary measures as may be deemed necessary; (thirteen) to institute and confer fellowships, scholarships, awards and medals; (fourteen) to discontinue or close down any class or department of the Institute; (fifteen) to collaborate with any other organization in respect of law, justice, social development and related subjects on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Institute from time to time; (sixteen) to regulate the expenditure and manage the accounts of the Institute; (seventeen) to receive grants, financial assistance, subscriptions, donations, and gifts for the purposes of the Institute, consistent with the objects for which the Institute is established; (eighteen) to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire, for the purposes of the Institute, any land, building or structure which the Institute may think necessary or convenient, and to construct, alter and maintain any such building or structure; (nineteen) to sell, exchange, lease or otherwise dispose of all or any property, movable or immovable, of the Institute, on such terms as it may think fit and which do not adversely affect the interests and activities of the Institute; (twenty) to draw, accept, make and endorse, discount and negotiate government and other promissory notes, bills of exchange, cheques or other negotiable instruments; (twenty-one) to execute transfer deeds, re-transfer deeds, mortgages, leases, licenses, contracts and other agreements in respect of property, movable or immovable, including government securities, acquired for the Institute or for the purposes of the Institute; (twenty-two) to appoint any person to execute any writing, to do any act or to perform any task for the execution of the work under sub-clauses (eighteen), (nineteen), (twenty) and (twenty-one) of Section 5, as it may think fit; (twenty-three) to enter into any agreement with the Central Government, State Governments, University Grants Commission or other authorities for receiving grants; (twenty-four) to raise and borrow money on bonds, mortgages, promissory notes or other obligations or securities based upon all or any of the properties or assets of the Institute or without any securities and upon such terms and conditions as it may think fit, and to pay out of the funds of the Institute all expenses incidental to the raising of money, and to repay and redeem any money borrowed; (twenty-five) to invest the funds of the Institute or money entrusted to the Institute in such securities or in such manner as it may think fit and to vary such investments from time to time; (twenty-six) to make such Regulations as may be deemed necessary from time to time to regulate the activities and management of the Institute and to amend, modify or rescind the same; (twenty-seven) to constitute funds such as pension, insurance, provident fund and gratuity for the benefit of academic, technical, administrative and other staff in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the Regulations, and to provide such grants for the benefit of any staff of the Institute as it may think fit, and to aid and support the establishment and support of any associations, institutions, funds, trusts and conveyances intended for the benefit of the staff and students of the Institute; and (twenty-eight) to do all such other acts and things as may be deemed necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of all or any of its objects.