law: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
  9. Restitution of conjugal rights.-
  (1) When either the husband or the wife has, without reasonable
  
  excuse, withdrawn from the society of the other, the aggrieved party may apply,
  
  by petition to the district court, for restitution of conjugal rights 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 restitution of conjugal rights accordingly.
  (2) Nothing shall be pleaded in answer to a petition for
  
  restitution of conjugal rights which shall not be a ground for judicial
  
  separation or for nullity of marriage or for divorce.