law: 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: