Section 2Grounds for claiming separate residence and maintenance

s. 2

2. Grounds for claiming separate residence and maintenance Notwithstanding any custom or law to the contrary a Hindu married woman shall be entitled to separate residence and maintenance from her husband on one or more of the following grounds, namely,- (1) if he is suffering from any loathsome disease not contracted from her; (2) if he is guilty of such cruelty towards her as renders it unsafe or undesirable for her to live with him; (3) if he is guilty of desertion, that is to say, of abandoning her without her consent or against her wish; (4) if he marries again; (5) if he ceases to be a Hindu by conversion to another religion; (6) if he keeps a concubine in the house or habitually resides with a concubine; (7) for any other justifiable cause: Provided that a Hindu married woman shall not be entitled to separate residence and maintenance from her husband if she is unchaste or ceases to be a Hindu by change to another religion or fails without sufficient cause to comply with a decree of a competent Court for the restitution of conjugal rights.