Writ petition has filed filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Declaration declaring that Sections 12, 18, 19 and 23 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (Central Act 43 of 2005) as unconstitutional, ultra vires and void.

By consent, the main writ petition itself is taken up for final disposal.

2. The petitioners have come forward with the present writ petition for a declaration declaring Sections 12, 18, 19 and 23 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (Central Act 43 of 2005) as unconstitutional, ultra vires and void.

3. The short facts which are necessary for the disposal of the present writ petition, are set out here under:-

1. The first petitioner is the husband of the sixth respondent. Petitioners 2 and 3 are his parents. Petitioners 4 to 6 are his brother, sister in law and sister respectively. The first petitioner married the sixth respondent on 05.07.2004 at C.S.I. Trinity Church, Avadi. It is an arranged marriage. After the marriage, the sixth respondent demanded the first petitioner an extravagant and ultra modern life style and made all the other family members as servants for her si