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.