A petition to restitution of conjugal rights may be filed by the aggrieved party to the

Section 19 read with Section 3(b) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 vests jurisdiction over a Section 9 petition in the District Court, but where a Family Court is established Sections 7 and 8 of the Family Courts Act, 1984 transfer that jurisdiction to it, so the petition lies to the "Family and District Court both" depending on the area, and neither "District Court only" nor "Family Court only" is correct.