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
- FEBRUARY 26, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SOLDIER ON DEATH ROW
a soldier, Sepoy Suresh Chandra Behera of 28 Rashtriya Rifles, was sentenced to death by a court martial in Jammu and Kashmir, according to an army headquarters source.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTECED TO DEATH FOR RAPE MURDER
a man identified as Packi, alias Packianathan, of Shenbaganur in Kodaikanal, India, was sentenced to death.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
DELHI HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY
the Delhi High Court in India upheld the death penalty for Sushil Sharma in the tandoor murder case.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
MAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDER, RAPE OF 9-YEAR-OLD
a local court, in India, sentenced a 30 year old man, identified as Bablu, to death for raping and murdering a 9-year-old girl. He was also fined Rs 10,000.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY FOR BULANDSHAHAR CHILD-RAPIST
an Indian fast track court has awarded the death penalty to a man for raping and murdering a three-year-old girl in the Bulandshahar District of Uttar Pradesh.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
HARYANA-BASED COUPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Indian Supreme Court sentenced a Haryana-based couple to death for murdering seven members of a family over a property dispute.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
3RD WOMAN ON DEATH ROW
the first case of a woman being hanged in independent India could happen soon.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
2 YOUTHS GET DEATH PENALTY
the Indian Supreme Court sentenced two friends to death, both aged 22, for raping and murdering their 18-year-old neighbour six years ago.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
RANSOM KILLERS GET DEATH
a fast-track court sentenced four people to death for the murder of a lawyer's son for ransom in 2003 but acquitted two others.
- JANUARY 29, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE, MURDER
a local court has convicted and sentenced a 25-year-old youth to death for raping a minor girl and murdering her two years ago, on the basis of circumstantial evidence.
- JANUARY 29, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
HC CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE OF ONE, ACQUITS 2 IN DEATH ROW
the Indian High Court confirmed the death sentence of a MA Kader and life imprisonment of his wife Runa Kader, but acquitted his two brothers-in-law.
- JANUARY 25, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
FIRST-EVER DEATH PENALTY AWARDED IN HISTORY OF RR DISTRICT COURTS
the death sentence of Chandrabhushan Upadhyay, for killing railway top official B.R.