Section 4

Establishment of the Commission.

The University Grants Commission Act, 1956

  • Act 3 of 1956
  • Ministry of Human Resource Development
  • Department of Higher Education
About this Act

An Act to make provision for the co-ordination and determination of standards in Universities and for that purpose, to establish a University Grants Commission.

All sections
    (1) With effect from such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, there shall be established a Commission by the name of the University Grants Commission.
     (2) The said Commission shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall by the said name sue and be sued.

Source: India Code (Legislative Department, Govt. of India). Check the official Gazette before relying on it in court. Not legal advice. Free legal aid: 15100 (NALSA) · Know your rights

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