law: Indian Divorce Act, 1869 
  23. Application for separation made by petition 
  Application for judicial separation on any one of the grounds
  
  aforesaid, may be made by either husband or wife by petition to the District
  
  Court or the High Court; and the court, on being satisfied of the truth of the
  
  statements made in such petition, and that there is no legal ground why the
  
  application should not be granted, may decree judicial separation accordingly.