Section 89(3) in The Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994
(3)The autonomous university department or institution or college or recognised institution may prescribe its own courses of study, evolve its own teaching methods and hold examinations and test for students receiving instruction in it and award degrees or certificates of its own. Autonomous university department or institution or college or recognised institution shall function with the objectives of promoting academic freedom and scholarship on the part of teachers and students which are essential to the fostering and development of and intellectual climate conducive to the pursuit of scholarship and excellence.
