Section 7
University open to all castes, creed, race or class.
The Central Universities Act, 2009
About this Act
An Act to establish and incorporate universities for teaching and research in the various States and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The University shall be open to the persons of
either sex and of whatever caste, creed, race or class, and it shall not be lawful for the University to adopt
or impose on any person, any test whatsoever of religious belief or profession in order to entitle him to be
appointed as a teacher of the University or to hold any other office therein or to be admitted as a student
in the University or to graduate thereat or to enjoy or exercise any privilege thereof:
Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the University from making special provision for the employment or admission of women, persons with disabilities or of persons belonging to the weaker sections of the society and, in particular, of the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the other socially and educationally backward classes of citizens:
Provide further that no such special provision shall be made on the ground of domicile.
Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the University from making special provision for the employment or admission of women, persons with disabilities or of persons belonging to the weaker sections of the society and, in particular, of the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the other socially and educationally backward classes of citizens:
Provide further that no such special provision shall be made on the ground of domicile.