Mary Roy v. State of Kerala case
GPTKB entity
Statements (22)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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| gptkbp:citation |
AIR 1986 SC 1011
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| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:India
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| gptkbp:date |
1986
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| gptkbp:decidedBy |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_India
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| gptkbp:effect |
overturned discriminatory succession laws
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Mary Roy v. State of Kerala case
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| gptkbp:judgementBy |
gptkb:Justice_P.N._Bhagwati
gptkb:Justice_R.S._Pathak |
| gptkbp:legalIssue |
succession rights of Christian women in Kerala
|
| gptkbp:petitioner |
gptkb:Mary_Roy
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Mary_Roy
gptkb:Indian_Succession_Act_1925 gptkb:Travancore_Christian_Succession_Act_1916 |
| gptkbp:response |
gptkb:State_of_Kerala
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| gptkbp:result |
Indian Succession Act 1925 made applicable to Christians in Kerala
Travancore Christian Succession Act 1916 declared unconstitutional |
| gptkbp:significance |
ensured equal inheritance rights for Syrian Christian women in Kerala
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| gptkbp:subject |
gender equality
inheritance law |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Mary_Roy
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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