Hidayatullah National University of Law Chhattisgarh Act, 2003
No: 10 Dated: May, 03 2003
Hidayatullah National University of Law Chhattisgarh Act, 2003
Act No. 10 of 2003
An Act to provide for establishment and incorporation of the Hidayatullah National University of Law, Chhattisgarh for the purposes of advancement of learning, teaching, research and diffusion of knowledge in the field of law and allied sciences; as also to cater to the needs of the society by developing professional skills and to train lawyers of national and international repute, train person intending to take up advocacy, judicial service, law officers/managers and legislative draftsman as their profession and matters incidental thereto.
Be it enacted by the Chhattisgarh State Legislature in the Fifty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Hidayatullah National University of Law, Chhattisgarh Act, 2003.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(i) "Academic Council" means the Academic Council of the University;
(ii) "Bar Council of India" means the Bar Council of India constituted under the Advocates Act, 1961 (Central Act No. 25 of 1961);
(iii) "Chancellor" means the Chancellor of the University;
(iv) "Executive Council" means the Executive Council of the University;
(v) "Ordinance" means the Ordinances of the University made under and in accordance with the provisions of this Act;
(vi) "Registrar" means the Registrar of the University;
(vii) "Regulations" means the Regulations of the University made under and in accordance with the provisions of this Act;
(viii) "Schedule" means the Schedule appended to this Act;
(ix) "Special Officer " means the Special Officer appointed by the State Government to oversee all matters pertaining to the preparatory work of setting up of the University;
(x) "Statutes" means the Statutes of the University made under and in accordance with the provisions of this Act;
(xi) "University" means the "The National University of Law, Chhattisgarh" established under Section 3;
(xii) "Vice-Chancellor" means the Vice-Chancellor of the University;
(xiii) "Visitor" means the Visitor of the University.
CHAPTER II
Establishment of the University, its Objectives and Functions
3. Establishment and incorporation of the National University of Law, Chhattisgarh. - (1) With effect from such date as the State Government may by notification appoint, there shall be established, in the State of Chhattisgarh, a University by the name of Hidayatullah National University of Law, Chhattisgarh which shall consist of the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, the General Council, the Executive Council, the Academic Council and the Registrar; the capital expenditure for the establishment of the University shall be borne by the State Government.
(2) The University shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire and hold property, to contract and shall by the said name, sue and be sued.
(3) In all suits and other legal proceedings by or against the University, the pleadings shall be signed and verified by the Registrar and all processes in such suits and proceedings shall be issued to, and served on, the Registrar.
(4) The headquarters of the University shall be in Raipur District.
4. The objects of the University. - (1) The objects of the University shall be,-
(a) to advance and disseminate learning and knowledge of law and research and to ensure its proper role in national development;
(b) to develop in the student and research scholar a sense of responsibility to serve society in the field of law by developing skills in regard to advocacy, judicial and other legal services, legislation, law reforms and the like;
(c) to prepare and train lawyers of national and international repute and with high moral and ethical values;
(d) to advance professional education and also to provide adequate orientation and training to judicial officers and others who are involved in the administration of justice;
(e) to impart training and conduct refresher courses for law teachers, judicial officers, advocates and other persons engaged or interested in legal field;
(f) to organize lectures, seminars, symposia and conferences, to promote legal knowledge and to make law and legal processes efficient instruments of social development;
(g) to hold examinations and confer degree, diploma, certificate and other academic distinctions and to do all such things as are incidental, necessary or conducive to the attainment of all or any of the objects of the University.
(2) The University shall be open to all persons irrespective of race, creed, caste, class or religion.