law: 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.