Landmark case · Family Law – II (Muslim Law and Other Personal Laws) · Semester 2

Mary Roy v. State of Kerala

AIR 1986 SC 1011 · Supreme Court of India

Intestate succession among Travancore-Cochin Christians is governed by the Indian Succession Act; discriminatory local regulations cannot cut down equal shares of daughters.

From topic

Indian Divorce Act and Indian Succession Act (Christians) — Unit V, Family Law – II (Muslim Law and Other Personal Laws).

Related sections:

Indian Divorce Act, 1869, 10 — Grounds for dissolution of a Christian marriage
Indian Divorce Act, 1869, 10A — Dissolution of marriage by mutual consent
Indian Succession Act, 1925, 31–49 — Consanguinity and distribution of an intestate Christian's property
Indian Succession Act, 1925, 59–63 — Testamentary succession: who can make a will and how it is executed