Indian Divorce Act, 1869
52. Competence of husband and wife to give evidence as to
cruelty or desertion
On any petition presented by a wife, praying that her marriage
may be dissolved by reason of her husband having been guilty of adultery coupled
with cruelty, or adultery coupled with desertion without reasonable excuse, the
husband and wife respectively shall be competent and compellable to give
evidence of or relating to such cruelty or desertion.