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
- MAY 7, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA SUPREME COURT STAYS DEATH SENTENCE IN TANDOOR MURDER
India's Supreme Court ordered a stay on the death sentence of a former politician who shot his unfaithful wife and then burnt the body in the oven of a New Delhi restaurant in 1995.
- MAY 7, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN BIHAR
a fast track court in Bihar, India, has sentenced Lalan Singh to capital punishment for killing three people.
- APRIL 27, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA DEATH SENTENCE FOR 'WITCH' KILLER
an Orissa court in India sentenced a man to death here for killing two "witches".
- APRIL 17, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Jalandhar, India, Additional District and Sessions Judge Karnail Singh found Sushil Kumar guilty of murder and sentenced him to death
- APRIL 13, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA THREE AWARDED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Additional district sessions judge D. Krishna Raja awarded capital punishment to Loganathan, 44, Sankar, 25, and Abdul Rehman, 32, for murdering silver merchant Mohan Rao, 50, his wife Sheela, 37, and son Prabhu, 13.
- APRIL 9, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA SERVANT GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in India awarded the death penalty to Ajay Kumar Pal, a domestic aide of Jharkhand Industry director Dhirendra Kumar, for killing Pal's wife Amita Sinha, their son and three other minor children three
- APRIL 5, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA DEATH SENTENCE FOR TWO GANGSTERS
the MP High Court's principal bench in Jabalpur awarded the death penalty to Mukhtar Malik and Asif Mamu, and life imprisonment to nine others in a 1996 murder case.
- MARCH 26, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA UTTAR PRADESH COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
the District and Sessions Court of Lakhimpur-Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, India, awarded the death sentence to Pawan Mittal, alias Monu, for murder.
- MARCH 25, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING MINOR NEPHEWS
in India, Judge Narottam Kaushal awarded capital punishment to Rajesh Kumar, 43, for killing the sons of his brother-in-law after being refused a loan by their father.
- MARCH 24, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. ONE GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN HUMAN SACRIFICE CASE
the fast track court of Hazaribag awarded the death sentence to Mahavir Razak and life imprisonment to three others for human sacrifice.
- MARCH 12, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
an Additional Sessions Court in India awarded the death sentence to Sebastian, a man found guilty of sexually abusing and murdering a two year old girl in Pozhiyoor.
- MARCH 2, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. BSF CONSTABLE GETS DEATH SENTENCE
a head un of the Border Security Force has been sentenced to death for murdering two officers of the force at Rajnagar border outpost last year.