law: Indian Divorce Act, 1869 
  32. Petition for restitution of conjugal rights 
  When either the husband or the wife has, without reasonable
  
  excuse, withdrawn from the society of the other, either wife, or husband may
  
  apply by petition to the District Court or the High 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.