The Jharkhand Assembly on Thursday, August 3, 2023, passed the Jharkhand Competitive Examination (Measure for Control and Prevention of Unfair Means in Recruitment) Bill, 2023 which mandates a strict provision of life imprisonment and a fine up to ₹10 crore, in cases of cheating in competitive exams.
The Bill was passed on the fifth day of the ongoing Monsoon Session of the State Assembly. The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) created a ruckus in the Assembly when their amendment proposal on the Bill was rejected by the Speaker.
The BJP legislators entered the well and tore the copy of the Bill and walked out of the House. They compared the Bill to the Rowlatt Act and termed it a black law.