University Grants Commission Act 1956
22. Right
to confer degrees.
(1) The right
of conferring or granting degrees shall be exercised only by a University established
or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a Provincial Act or a State Act or an
institution deemed to be a University under section 3 or an institution specially
empowered by an Act of Parliament to confer or grant degrees.
(2) Save as
provided in sub-section (1), no person or authority shall confer, or grant, or hold
himself or itself out as entitled to confer or grant, any degree.
(3) For the
purposes of this section, "degree" means any such degree as may, with
the previous approval of the Central Government, be specified in this behalf by
the Commission by notification in the Official Gazette.