law: Special Marriage Act, 1954 
  35. Relief for respondent in divorce and other
  
  proceedings
  
  In any proceeding for
  
  divorce or judicial separation or restitution of conjugal rights, the
  
  respondent may not only oppose the relief sought on the ground of petitioner’s
  
  adultery, cruelty or desertion, but also make a counter claim for any relief
  
  under this Act on that ground, and if the petitioner’s adultery, cruelty or
  
  desertion is proved, the court may give to the respondent any relief under this
  
  Act to which he or she would have been entitled if he or she had presented a
  
  petition seeking such relief on that ground.]