law: Indian Divorce Act, 1869 
  28. Court may grant protection order 
  The court, if satisfied of the fact of such desertion, and that
  
  the same was without reasonable excuse, and that the wife is maintaining
  
  herself by her own industry or property, may make and give to the wife an order
  
  protecting her earning and other property from her husband and all creditors
  
  and persons claiming under him. Every such order shall state the time at which
  
  the desertion commenced, and shall, as regards all persons dealing with the
  
  wife in reliance thereon, be conclusive as to such time.