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
- JULY 31, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER 27 DAYS TRIAL
following a 27 day trial, the Buxar district and sessions court, India...
- JULY 29, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HUNGER STRIKE PLANNED AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
the Vadhasiksha Virudha Samithi, a forum campaigning against capital punishment...
- JULY 28, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
the Madras High Court, India, commuted into life the death sentences handed down to Om Prakash and Lakshmanan by a Fast Track Court (FTC) for the murder of Dr. Mohan Kumar in June 1995.
- JULY 24, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FREED AFTER RETRIAL
it was reported that thirty-five-year-old Mohammed Najir Mohiddin, a resident of Kalyan...
- JULY 19, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HIGH COURT REVERSES DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER, SETS MAN FREE
the Madhya Pradesh High Court, India...
- JULY 14, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. INDIAN NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Shakarullah Ansari, a native of Uttar Pradesh, India, was hanged till death at 8:15 am Kuwait time on charges of murdering his employer.
- JULY 11, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING FELLOW INMATE
a District and Sessions Court in Sagar, India, sentenced to death one person and awarded life imprisonment to two others charged with a murder that took place in Sagar central jail.
- JULY 1, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TEMPLE RAID
an Indian court sentenced three men to death for masterminding a militant attack on the Akshardham Hindu temple that killed 35 people in 2002, including the attackers.
- JUNE 30, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the Punjab and Haryana High Court, India...
the Punjab and Haryana High Court, India...
- JUNE 26, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH FOR MAN CONVICTED OF BURNING WIFE AND KIDS
the Bombay High Court, India, upheld the death sentence handed by a trial court to Ajit Singh Gujral for burning his wife and three children in their Sher-e-Punjab flat in Andheri.
- JUNE 20, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. INDIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Indian national in Kuwait was sentenced to death by a criminal court for killing his lover and later trying to commit suicide.
- MAY 25, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a court in New Delhi sentenced to death Jameel Ahmed and Dilshad for murder. The two, both from India’s Uttar Pradesh state were found guilty of killing Gyani Ram after suspecting him of having an affair with Jameel’s wife.