History & Civics
Read the excerpt, from a British newspaper, given below and answer the question that follows:
What does the Viceroy propose doing? It is, in a few words, to bind, for the first time in history, the European British subjects of Her Majesty in the interior of India to submit to be tried on criminal charges by a native of the country, provided he belong to the covenanted Civil Service and get the power from Government. Europeans criminally accused have hitherto been able to claim a trial by one of their own countrymen. The right of making this claim is to be taken away.
Which bill is being proposed by the Viceroy to in the above excerpt? What was its implication on the Indian judicial system?
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The bill being proposed by the Viceroy in the above excerpt is Ilbert Bill (1883).
This bill challenged the racial superiority of Europeans in India by proposing to provide for the trial of British or European persons by Indians. By this Act, the British tried to introduce equality between British and Indian judges in India.
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