1[In any proceeding for divorce or
judicial separation or restitution of conjugal rights, the respondent may not only oppose the relief sought
on the ground of petitioners adultery, cruelty or desertion, but also make a counter-claim for any relief
under this Act on that ground; and if the petitioners adultery, cruelty or desertion is proved, the court
may give to the respondent any relief under this Act to which he or she would have been entitled if he or
she had presented a petition seeking such relief on that ground.]
1. Ins by Act 68 of 1976, s. 17, (w.e.f. 27-5-1976).