law: National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Act, 1998
  31. Acts and proceedings not to be invalidated
  
  by vacancies 
  No act of the Institute or Board or Senate or
  
  any other body set up under this Act or the Statutes, shall be invalid merely
  
  by reason of-
  (a) any vacancy in, or defect in, the
  
  constitution thereof, or
  (b) any defect in the election, nomination or
  
  appointment of person acting as a member thereof, or
  (c) any irregularity in its procedure not
  
  affecting the merits of the case.