Section 7(1) in The Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994
(1)No citizen of India shall be excluded from any office of the university or from membership of any of its authorities, bodies or committees, or from appointment to any post, or from admission to any degree, diploma, certificate or other academic distinction or course of study on the ground only of sex, race, creed, class, caste, place of birth, religious belief or profession, or political or other opinion:Provided that, the university may maintain accredit or recognize any college or institution exclusively for women, or reserved for women.
