Central Universities Act, 2009
7. University open to
all castes, creed, race or class. -
The University shall
be open to 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
provisions 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: