The Universities Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019

(1) This Act may be called the Universities' Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019. (2) It shall come into force at once.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "University Law" means a University Act specified in the Schedule; and (b) "Schedule" means the Schedule to this Act.

(i)The existing sub-section (2) of the section as mentioned in Column No. 4 against each of the Universities' Laws as mentioned in Column No. 2 of the Schedule, shall be substituted by the following namely:-

"(2) No person shall be eligible to be appointed as Vice-Chancellor unless he is, a distinguished academician having a minimum of ten years experience as Professor in a University or college or ten years experience in an equivalent position in a reputed research and/or academic administrative organization, and of highest level of competence, integrity, morals and institutional commitment."; and

(ii) after the existing section as mentioned in Column No. 4 against each of the Universities' Laws as mentioned in Column No. 2 of the Schedule, new section as mentioned in Column No. 5 shall be inserted, namely:-

"Removal of Vice-Chancellor.- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Act, if at any time on the report of the State Government or otherwise, in the opinion of the Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor wilfully omits or refuses to carry out the provisions of this Act or abuses the powers vested in him, or if otherwise appears to the Chancellor that the continuance of the Vice-Chancellor in office is detrimental to the interest of the University, the Chancellor may, in consultation with the State Government, after making such inquiry as he deems proper, by order, remove the Vice-Chancellor: Provided that the Chancellor may,in consultation with the State Government, at any time before making such order, place the Vice-Chancellor under suspension, pending enquiry: Provided further that no order shall be made by the Chancellor unless the Vice-Chancellor has been given a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against the action proposed to be taken against him. (2) During the pendency or in contemplation, of any inquiry referred to in sub-section (1) the Chancellor may, in consultation with the State Government, order that till further order- (a) such Vice-Chancellor shall refrain from performing the functions of the office of the Vice-Chancellor, but shall continue to get the emoluments to which he was otherwise entitled; (b) the functions of the office of the Vice-Chancellor shall be performed by the person specified in the order.".

( See section 3)

| S. No. | Title | Act No. | No. of Provision | No. of New Provision | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | | 1 | The University of Rajasthan Act, 1946 | | section 12 | section 12 A | | 2 | The Jai Narain Vyas University Act, 1962 | Act No. 17 of 1962 | section 11 | section 11 A | | 3 | The Mohan Lal Sukhadia University Act, 1962 | Act No. 18 of 1962 | section 11 | section 11 A | | 4 | The Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, Kota Act, 1987 | Act No. 35 of 1987 | section 8 | section 8 A | | 5 | The Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University Act, 1987 | Act No. 38 of 1987 | section 19 | section 19 A | | 6 | The Maharaja Ganga Singh University,Bikaner Act,2003 | Act No. 13 of 2003 | section 11 | section 11 A | | 7 | The University of Kota Act, 2003 | Act No. 14 of 2003 | section 11 | section 11 A | | 8 | The Raj Rishi Bhartrihari Matsya University, Alwar Act, 2012 | Act No. 27 of 2012 | section 11 | section 11 A | | 9 | The Maharaja Surajmal Brij University, Bharatpur Act, 2012 | Act No. 28 of 2012 | section 11 | section 11 A | | 10 | The Pandit Deendyal Upadhyaya Shekhawati University, Sikar Act, 2012 | Act No. 29 of 2012 | section 11 | section 11 A | | 11 | The Govind Guru Tribal University, Banswara Act, 2012 | Act No. 31 of 2012 | section 11 | section 11 A |