In Mary Roy v State of Kerala (1986), the Supreme Court held that
AChristian succession requires court decree
BSyrian Christian women in Travancore had succession rights equal to their male siblings under the INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925 (over and above the discriminatory Travancore Christian Succession Act 1916)
CChristian women are governed solely by canon law
DChristian women cannot inherit
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Syrian Christian women in Travancore had succession rights equal to their male siblings under the INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925 (over and above the discriminatory Travancore Christian Succession Act 1916)
Mary Roy unblocked a generation of unequal succession in the Syrian Christian community of erstwhile Travancore. The ruling read the Travancore Act as repealed by the Indian Succession Act when the Re-organisation of States Act 1956 extended the ISA to the Travancore-Cochin area.
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