State Act

1THE NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY AND JUDICIAL ACADEMY, ASSAM ACT, 2009 (SINGLE DOCUMENT)

11. (1) The Executive Council shall consist of the following persons, namely:- (i) the 1[Vice-chancellor] of the 2[Law University]; (ii) 3[Chairman of the Bar Council of lndia or a nominee of the Chairman from amongst the members of the Bar Council of India;] (iii) the Chairman, Bar Council of the State of Assam; (iv) one Judge of the High Court, either sitting or retired nominated by the 4[Chancellor]; (v) Principal Secretary to the Government of Assam, Finance Department, (vi) Legal Remembrancer and Secretary to the Government of Assam, Judicial Department, (vii) Registrar General of the Guwahati High Court; (viii) Secretary to the Government of Assam, Higher Education Department; (ix) Secretary to the Government of Assam, Personnel Department ; (x) the Registrar of the 2[Law University]; (xi) one Senior Grade-I, Judicial Officer, nominated by the 4[Chancellor]; (xii) three Senior teachers to be nominated by the 1[Vice-chancellor] of the 2[Law University] of whom, as far as possible, one shall be amongst Heads of the Departments, one from Professors and one from Associate Professors. (2) 5[The Vice Chancellor shall be the Chairman of the Executive Council.] (3) (i) Where a person has become a member of the Executive Council by reason of the office or appointment he holds, his membership shall be co-terminus with the office held by him ; (ii) The term of office of the nominated members of the Executive Council other than ex-officio members shall be three years; (iii) A member of the Executive Council shall cease to be member, if he resigns or becomes of unsound mind or becomes insolvent or is convicted of a criminal offence involving moral turpitude. A member, other than the 1[Vice-chancellor] of the 2[Law University] or Registrar of the 2[Law University] or teachers, shall also cease to be a member if he accepts a full time appointment in the 2[Law University] or if he being a teacher fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the Executive Council without the leave of the 1[Vice-chancellor] of the 2[Law University]; (iv) A member of the Executive Council other than an ex-officio member may resign his office by a letter addressed to the 1[Vice-chancellor] of the 2[Law University] and such resignation shall take effect as soon as it has been accepted by him; (v) Any such vacancy in the Executive Council shall be filled by nomination by the respective nominating authority and on expiry of the period of vacancy, such nomination shall cease to be effective.