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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.
2 de set. de 2022 · Roy was known for winning the sensational Supreme Court lawsuit in 1986 against the gender-biased inheritance law prevalent within the Syrian Christian community of Kerala. The judgment gave Syrian Christian women equal rights over ancestral property as their male siblings.
2 de set. de 2022 · Mary Roy was a pioneer in fighting for equal inheritance rights for Christian women in Kerala, India. She also founded a progressive school and wrote to the media on women's issues.
2 de set. de 2022 · Mary Roy, who passed away on Thursday, was a revolutionary in her day-to-day life. Her name stands out in the records of the Supreme Court as the first woman in India who successfully fought against personal laws of succession, demanding equality before the law, equal protection of the law, and non-discrimination based on sex.
1 de set. de 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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1 de set. de 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.
1 de set. de 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.
