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 7, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
Panney Lal was sentenced to death by a court while his father Indrasan and mother Anari Devi were sentenced to life imprisonment for their involvement in the case of two women murdered following a dispute over a drain at Samaysthan village, Badhalganj, on
- JUNE 21, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. FILM ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENTWITHDRAWN FROM CINEMA IN WEST BENGAL
a film, which questions the West Bengal government's stand on the hanging of rape and murder convict Dhananjoy Chatterjee in August 2004, was withdrawn from a state-run theatre with its director alleging that this was done at the behest of the chief minis
- JUNE 15, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. INDIAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING
a Bangladesh court has sentenced an Indian woman to death for attempting to traffic a four-year-old boy out of the country, a court official said.
- JUNE 7, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH FOR MAN CONVICTED OF RAPE AND MURDER
a District and Sessions Judge in Assam, India, sentenced 21-year-old Mithu Kalita to death for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl.
- JUNE 4, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. TWO BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BIHAR
two brothers were sentenced to death by a local court in Buxar, India, in connection with the killing of their three brothers in Bihar's Buxar district.
- JUNE 4, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. TRIPURA JAIL MOURNS OVER CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR SAMIR
it was reported that both the prisoners and staff of Agartala Central Jail in India’s Tripura state, were distressed over the death sentence given to Samir Bhaumik, accused of the murder and rape of a minor. West Tripura District & Session Judge Subhash B
- JUNE 2, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF MINOR
a sessions court in New Delhi, India, sentenced to death Satish of Nangla village. He had been charged with the rape and murder of a minor girl of the same village in August 2001.
- MAY 31, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. 7 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF THREE
seven people were sentenced to death by a Fast Track Court in Tirupattur, India, after being convicted of murdering three members of the same family.
- MAY 31, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH PENALTY MAY BECOME HISTORY
it was reported that the government had decided to bring in amendments to the more-than-a-century-old Indian Penal Code (IPC) which, if approved by Parliament, would eliminate the existing provision of the “death sentence” even “in the rarest of rare” cas
- MAY 27, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN TRIPURA FOR RAPE AND MURDER
Samir Bhaumick, a man convicted of raping and murdering a seven year old girl and then hiding her body in a box, was sentenced to death by a court in the West district of Tripura, India.
- MAY 21, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SWAMI SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING WIFE
Swami Shraddhananda was sentenced to death by a court in Bangalore, India, for murdering his wife Shakereh by burying her alive.
- MAY 19, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HINDU WHO KILLED MISSIONARY ESCAPES DEATH PENALTY
Dara Singh, a Hindu extremist convicted of killing an Australian missionary and his two sons had his death sentence reduced to life imprisonment by a court in eastern India.