The Jury Act, discriminates on religious grounds was strongly opposed by Raja Ram Mohan Roy, this act was passed in the year:

Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a social reformer belonging to the Hooghly district of the state of West Bengal. He led the protest against the East India Company's famous Jury Act in 1827. The Indian Jury Act was passed in 1826 and it came into effect at the beginning of 1827. The Jury Act, discriminating on religious grounds was strongly opposed by Raja Ram Mohan Roy, this act was passed in the year 1826. It had a provision that no Christian (European/lndian) could be tried by a Hindu or Muslim judge.