State Act

The National Academy of Legal Studies and Research University Act, 1998.

10. (1) The General Council shall be the Plenary Authority of the University and shall formulate and review from time to time the broad policies and programmes of the University and devise measures for the improvement and development of the University and shall also have the following powers and functions, namely:- (i) to consider and pass the annual report, financial statement and the budget estimates prepared by the Executive Council and to adopt them with or without modification; (ii) to make statutes concerning the administration of the affairs of the University including prescribing the procedures to be followed by the authorities and the officers of the University in the discharge of their functions; and 22[(iii) [XXX]] (2) 21[(i) the General Council shall meet at least once in a year and annual meeting of the General Council shall be held on a date to be fixed by the Vice-Chancellor in consultation with the Chancellor;] (ii) a report of the working of the University during the previous year, together with a statement of receipts and expenditure, the balance sheet as audited, and the financial estimates shall be presented by the 23[Vice Chancellor] to the General Council at its annual meetings; (iii) meeting of the General Council shall be called by 24[the Chancellor or by the Vice-Chancellor] either on his own or at the request of not less than ten members of the General Council; (iv) for every meeting of the General Council, fifteen days notice shall be given; (v) one third of the members existing on the rolls of the General Council shall form the quorum; (vi) each member shall have one vote and if there be equality of votes on any question to be determined by the General Council, the person presiding over the meeting shall, in addition, have a casting vote; and 25[(vii) [XXX]]