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
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INDIA LAUNCHES ONLINE CAMPAIGN FOR DEATH PENALTY BAN
the Indian branch of Amnesty International launched an online campaign seeking to ban the death penalty. The human rights watchdog also called on New Delhi to support the resolution for the Universal Moratorium on capital punishment to be presented at the
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR RED FORT ACCUSED UPHELD
the Delhi High Court in India upheld the death sentence to Pakistani Lashkar-e-Toiba militant Mohd Ashfaq in the seven year old Red Fort attack case.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SERVANT TO BE HANGED FOR BURNING FIVE PEOPLE ALIVE
Ajay Pal, a domestic servant and resident of West Bengal, who killed five members of a Ranchi official's family four years ago was sentenced to be hanged on September 27 by the Jharkhand High Court in India.
- AUGUST 30, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BURNING WIFE TO DEATH
a man was convicted by a fast track court in Mehsana, India, for killing his wife by setting her on fire.
- AUGUST 29, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HAWARA FILES APPEAL
the prime accused in the Beant Singh assassination case in India, Jagtar Singh Hawara, filed an appeal against his conviction and death sentence in the Punjab and Haryana High Court
- AUGUST 28, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER
the Jharkhand High Court, India, upheld the death sentence awarded by a lower court to Ajay Kumar Pal for killing family members of the conservator of forest, Dhirendra Kumar, four years ago.
- AUGUST 27, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER ACCUSED RESERVED
the Bombay High Court in India reserved the order for the confirmation of death sentences awarded to three people in the 2004 Vasai murder case by the Palghar Sessions Court.
- AUGUST 22, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the High Court in Chhattisgarh, India...
the High Court in Chhattisgarh, India...
- AUGUST 20, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIANS ON DEATH ROW SEEK PARDON
two Indian nationals sentenced to death on drug smuggling charges in Saudi Arabia appealed to King Abdullah for clemency on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.
- AUGUST 18, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCES FOR SIX IN PATNA FOR KIDNAPPING
ADJ Ram Pravesh Sharma, at a fast track court in Patna, India, awarded capital punishment to six people for kidnapping and murdering a 13 year old schoolboy.
- AUGUST 10, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court in India severely castigated the Allahabad High Court..
the Supreme Court in India severely castigated the Allahabad High Court...
- AUGUST 10, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the Indian Supreme Court commuted Kulwinder Singh’s death sentence to life imprisonment.
the Indian Supreme Court commuted Kulwinder Singh’s death sentence to life imprisonment.