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Mary Roy (1933 – 1 September 2022) was an Indian educator and women's rights activist known for winning a Supreme Court lawsuit in 1986 against the inheritance law prevalent within the Syrian Malabar Nasrani community of Kerala. The judgement ensured equal rights for Syrian Christian women as with their male siblings in their ancestral property.
Sep 1, 2022 · Mary Roy passed away on Thursday. A four-way partition of 75 cents of land in Kottayam turned into a watershed moment for gender equality in 1986 when the Supreme Court ruled in favour of Mary Roy who had challenged laws that did not allow Syrian Christian daughters to inherit property.
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Sep 1, 2022 · Educator and women’s rights activist Mary Roy, who passed away on Thursday (September 1), was best known for the “Mary Roy” case, the prolonged legal battle that ensured equal property rights for women from Kerala’s Syrian Christian families.
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Sep 1, 2022 · Mary Roy, an educator and a women's rights activist, on whose petition the Supreme court delivered the landmark judgment against the Travancore Christian Succession Act of 1916 to...
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Sep 1, 2022 · Mary Roy, who passed away on September 1, was a pioneer of women's rights and a founder of Pallikoodam school. She fought for equal inheritance, challenged social norms and influenced many with her non-conformist spirit.
Sep 1, 2022 · Academician and women's rights activist Mary Roy passed away in Kerala’s Kottayam on Thursday, September 1. She was 89. Mary Roy was the mother of Booker Prize-winning author Arundhati Roy.
Sep 2, 2022 · Kottayam: Academician and women's rights activist Mary Roy was cremated here on Friday. She passed away due to age-related ailments on Thursday. She was 89. The cremation took place on the Pallikoodam School campus on Friday afternoon. She had wished for a cremation. The body was kept for public to pay homage at her residence from 7 am till noon.
