India
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- federal parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- January 26, 1950; amended several times
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law; partial review of legislative acts by the judiciary
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and People's Assembly (Lok Sabha)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, judges appointed by the President and serve until 65 years of age
RELIGIONS
80% Hindu; 11% Muslims; 2% Christians; 2% Sikhs; Buddhist minorities and others
From the country
- JANUARY 4, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR THREE IN LAHSUNA MASSACRE
a Fast Track court in Patna, India, sentenced three members of an outlawed organisation to death in connection with the Lahsuna massacre around four years ago.
- JANUARY 4, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: AIADMK MEN ON DEATH ROW GET MORE TIME
three AIADMK party men, sentenced to death in India for the 2002 Dharmapuri bus burning in which three women were killed, got a short reprieve after the Tamil Nadu government told the high court that capital punishment would be implemented only after the
- JANUARY 3, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER ACCUSED
a Sessions court in Ashoknagar, India, awarded capital punishment to a rape and murder accused as well as imposing a Rs 50,000 fine.
- JANUARY 1, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for by the Penal Code and by Art. 21 of the Constitution which states
The death penalty is provided for by the Penal Code and by Art. 21 of the Constitution which states
- DECEMBER 31, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR TWO WOMEN FROM MAHARASHTRA
in India in 2007, the SC upheld death sentences for two women from Maharashtra...
- DECEMBER 31, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MUMBAI COURTS TOP IN GIVING DEATH PENALTY
of the 25 death penalties handed down by trial courts in India in 2007...
- DECEMBER 27, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MOTHER, DAUGHTER AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF DOCTOR
at an ad hoc court in Pune, India, Additional Sessions Judge Vilas Patil sentenced a mother and daughter to death for kidnapping and murdering a doctor for a ransom of Rs 25 lakh
- DECEMBER 26, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA LAWS NOT CHANGED TO ALLOW DEATH PENALTY FOR DOWRY DEATH
the Law Commission in India concluded that Section 304-B on dowry death needs no amendment...
- DECEMBER 20, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA FOUR AWARDED DEATH IN ROHTAS
four people, charged with the kidnapping and subsequent killing of a minor boy...
- DECEMBER 20, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCES AWARDED IN ROHTAS
sources said that a fast track court in Sasaram, Rohtas, India...
- DECEMBER 20, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY AWARDED FOR RAPE
the Supreme Court in Madras, India, commuted the death penalty imposed on a man charged...
- DECEMBER 19, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA DEATH FOR MURDER OF AIDS COUNSELLOR
a local court in Jabalpur, India...