RVSVA 5

Section 5 · Powers and functions of the Institute

- The powers and functions of the Institute shall be :-

(i)

to administer and manage the Institute and such centres for research, education and instruction as are necessary for the furtherance of the objectives of the Institute;

(ii)

to provide for instruction in such branches of knowledge or learning pertaining to law, as the Institute may deem fit and to make provision for research and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge of law;

(iii)

to sponsor and undertake research in all aspects of law, justice and social development;

(iv)

to prescribe qualifications and to regulate the admission of students to the Institute for a course of study for a degree or a diploma;

(v)

to organise and undertake extra-mural teaching and extension services;

(vi)

to hold examinations and to grant diplomas or certificates, and to confer degrees and other academic distinctions on persons subject to such conditions as the Institute may determine and to withdraw any such diplomas, certificates, degrees or other academic distinctions for good and sufficient cause;

(vii)

to confer honorary degrees or other distinctions in the manner laid down in the regulations;

(viii)

to fix, demand and receive fees and other charges;

(ix)

to institute and maintain halls and hostels and to recognise places of residence for the students of the Institute and to withdraw such recognition accorded to any such place of residence;

(x)

to institute Professorships, Associate Professorships, Assistant Professorships, Readerships and Lecturerships and any other teaching, academic or research posts required by the Institute and to make appointments thereto;

(xi)

to create technical, administrative, ministerial and other posts and to make appointments thereto;

(xii)

to regulate and enforce discipline among the students and employees of the Institute and to take such disciplinary measures as may be deemed necessary;

(xiii)

to institute and award fellowships, scholarships, prizes and medals;

(xiv)

to give up and cease from carrying on any classes or departments of the Institute;

(xv)

to co-operate with any other organization in the matter of education, training and research in law, justice, social development and allied subjects for such purposes as may be agreed upon on such terms and conditions as the Institute may from time to time determine;

(xvi)

to regulate the expenditure and to manage the accounts of the Institute;

(xvii)

to receive grants, subventions, subscriptions, donations and gifts for the purpose of the Institute and consistent with the objects for which the Institute is established;

(xviii)

to purchase, take on lease or accept as gifts or otherwise any land or building or works, which may be necessary or convenient for the purpose of the Institute and on such terms and conditions as it may deem fit and proper and to construct or alter and maintain any such buildings or works;

(xix)

to sell, exchange lease or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of the properties of the Institute, movable or immovable, on such terms as it may deem fit and proper without prejudice to the interest and activities of the Institute;

(xx)

to draw and accept, to make and endorse, to discount and negotiate, promissory notes, bills of exchange, cheques or other negotiable instruments;

(xxi)

to execute conveyances transfers, reconveyances, mortgages, leases, licences and agreements in respect of property, movable or immovable including Government securities belonging to the Institute or to be required for the purpose of the Institute;

(xxii)

to appoint any such person as it may deem fit, to execute an instrument or transact any business or discharge the functions of the institute under sub-clauses (xxiii), (xix), (xx) and (xxi) of Section 5;

(xxiii)

to enter into any agreement with Central Government, State Government, the University Grants Commission or other authorities for receiving grants;

(xxiv)

to raise and borrow money on bonds, mortgages, promissory notes or other obligations or securities founded or based upon all or any of the properties and assets of the Institute or without any securities and upon such terms and conditions as it may deem 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;

(xxv)

to invest the funds of the Institute or fund entrusted to the Institute in or upon such securities and in such manner as it may deem fit and from time to time transpose any investment;

(xxvi)

to make such regulations as may, from time to time, be considered necessary for regulating the affairs and the management of the Institute and to alter, modify and to rescind them;

(xxvii)

to constitute for the benefit of the academic, technical, administrative and other staff, in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the regulations, such pension, insurance, provident fund and gratuity as it may deem fit and to make such grants as it may think fit for the benefit of any employees of the institute and to aid in establishment and support of the associations, institutions, funds, trusts and conveyance calculated to benefit the staff and the students of the Institute;

(xxviii)

to do all such other acts and things as the Institute may consider necessary, conducive or incidental to the attainment or enlargement of all or any of its objectives.

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