University Grants Commission Act 1956
23.
Prohibition of the use of the word "University" in certain cases.
No
institution, whether a corporate body or not, other than a University
established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a Provincial Act or a
State Act shall be entitled to have the word "University" associated
with its name in any manner whatsoever: that nothing in this section
shall, for a period of two years from the commencement of this Act, apply to an
institution which, immediately before such commencement, had the word
"University" associated with its name.