The Ilbert Bill provided for __________.

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The correct answer is Equality between British and Indian Judges.Key Points

The Ilbert Bill was introduced in 1883 by Sir Courtenay Ilbert, the law member of the Viceroy's council.
The main purpose of the bill was to provide equality between British and Indian judges in the Indian legal system.
It bears Courtenay Ilbert's name because he was the one who first suggested changing the 1861 Indian Criminal Procedure Act to include it.
This law prohibited British people from having their cases heard in courts presided over by Indian magistrates.

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The bill faced opposition from the British community in India, who were against the idea of Indian judges having the same powers as British judges.
The Ilbert Bill's amendments lowered the restrictions on these officials, enabling British subjects to be tried by Indian magistrates who had risen through the ranks of the civil service.
Lord Ripon, who had been given specific instructions by British prime minister William Gladstone to reserve some of the law's most severe measures for native Indian justices, backed the bill.