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
- AUGUST 29, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Gagan Kanojia and Rajinder Kumar, two men convicted...
Gagan Kanojia and Rajinder Kumar, two men convicted of murdering eight-year-old Heena and her six-year-old brother Abhishek in June, 2000, were sentenced to death by Jalandhar District and Sessions Court, India
- AUGUST 29, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Five people, including a Noida police sub-inspector,...
Five people, including a Noida police sub-inspector, were sentenced to death by a court in Faridabad, India, for their involvement in a case in which four people were murdered in December 1999
- AUGUST 27, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A fast track court in India's Bharuch district town...
A fast track court in India's Bharuch district town of south Gujarat sentenced to death Devi Singh Vasava for hacking a man to death
- AUGUST 25, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Five persons were sentenced to death by a local court...
Five persons were sentenced to death by a local court in India, for murdering a man, his daughter and another person at a village near Meerut in 1999
- AUGUST 18, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The EU called on India to "refrain from carrying out...
The EU called on India to "refrain from carrying out more executions and thereby reinstall the de facto moratorium" that had existed since 1997 before the execution carried out on August 14
- AUGUST 14, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Dhananjay Chatterjee, 39, was hanged performing India's...
Dhananjay Chatterjee, 39, was hanged performing India's first execution in 9 years
- AUGUST 11, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Dhananjoy Chatterjee, an Indian man due to be hanged on August 14...
Dhananjoy Chatterjee, an Indian man due to be hanged on August 14...
- AUGUST 10, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India's Cabinet voted to repeal a tough anti-terrorism...
India's Cabinet voted to repeal a tough anti-terrorism law that critics say violates human rights and is often misused by authorities to punish political opponents
- AUGUST 5, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The father of death-row convict Dhananjoy Chatterjee...
The father of death-row convict Dhananjoy Chatterjee criticised President A
- AUGUST 5, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia executed Indian national Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey...
Indonesia executed Indian national Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey arrested in 1994 for drug smuggling, carrying out its first execution in three years
- AUGUST 4, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian President Abdul Kalam rejected a mercy plea...
Indian President Abdul Kalam rejected a mercy plea for Dhananjoy Chatterjee, a man convicted of raping and killing a teenage girl, paving the way for India's first execution in 15 years
- JULY 31, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)...
The Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) launched an exercise to mobilise public opinion against the death sentence of Dhananjay Chatterjee, a man convicted of raping and murdering a teenage girl in West Bengal