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(1) The objects of the University shall be to advance and disseminate learning and knowledge of law and legal and judicial processes, professional legal education and their role in national development, to develop in the student and research scholar a sense of responsibility to serve society in the field of law by developing skills in regard to advocacy, legal services, legislation, law reforms and the like, to promote legal and judicial reforms as are needed to strengthen the administration of justice in India, to organize lectures, seminars, symposia, colloquiums and conferences on jurisprudence, current legislation, legal processes, rule of law and allied subjects on which instruction is imparted or research is carried out by the University to conduct research on civil rights and fundamental rights and to co-operate with industrial or any other infrastructure management, to promote legal knowledge so as to make the law and legal processes efficient instruments of social change and national development, to promote inter disciplinary study, research of law in relation to management, science and technology, International co-operation and development, to provide orientation and training to officers exercising judicial powers and to those who are involved in the administration of justice, to impart training and to conduct refresher courses for law teachers, officers exercising judicial powers, advocates and other persons engaged or interested in the legal field, to hold examinations and confer degrees, diplomas, certificates or titles and other academic or honorary distinctions to endeavour for the well being of the society through the medium of law, to create an awareness of respect to law and lawful authorities among the general public, to instill a sense of Rule of Law among the students and citizens and to do all such things as are incidental, necessary or conducive to the attainment of all or any of the objects of the University. (2) The University shall be open to all persons irrespective of gender, race, creed, caste or religion and it shall unlawful for the University to impose on any person any condition, whatsoever, of religious belief, or profession in order to entitle him to be admitted thereto as a teacher or a student or to hold any office therein or to undergo, any course of study there at or to enjoy or to exercise any privilege or to exercise any right thereof. [(3) In making appointments to the teaching and non-teaching posts, the University shall, mutatis mutandis, observe the provisions of Clauses (a), (b) and (c) of Rule 14 and the provisions of Rules 15, 16, 17 and 17A of the Kerala State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1958, as amended from time to time, and communal rotation shall be followed category-wise treating all the departments as one unit.] (4) The University shall reserve seats in the admission of students of Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes and Backward and Other Backward Classes as prevalent in the professional courses in the State. (5) The University shall also reserve three per cent of seats for the physically handicapped students while making admission to every course in the University. Substituted by Act 26 of 2014.