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
- NOVEMBER 19, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Delhi High Court acquitted Sunil Kumar Mandal,...
The Delhi High Court acquitted Sunil Kumar Mandal, a man who had been sentenced to death by an Additional Sessions Court on November 2, 2001, for burning his wife for dowry
- NOVEMBER 18, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Allahabad High Court, India, commuted nine out...
The Allahabad High Court, India, commuted nine out of thirteen death sentences and acquitted the four remaining convicts of their death sentences
- NOVEMBER 11, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Allahabad high court, India, commuted six death...
The Allahabad high court, India, commuted six death sentences, in four separate cases
- NOVEMBER 7, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A court in India's capital, Delhi, sentenced to death...
A court in India's capital, Delhi, sentenced to death a former politician who shot his wife and burned her dismembered body in a restaurant oven
- OCTOBER 30, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Thalasserry district and sessions court, India,...
The Thalasserry district and sessions court, India, sentenced to death M
- OCTOBER 29, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Delhi High court, India, acquitted two people originally...
The Delhi High court, India, acquitted two people originally sentenced to death in the December 13, 2001, terrorist attack on Parliament, lecturer Sayed Abdul Rahman Geelani and Afsan Guru, a woman
- OCTOBER 15, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A Dubai court in the United Arab Emirates, sentenced...
A Dubai court in the United Arab Emirates, sentenced four Indians to death for the murder of a well-known Indian businessman who was reportedly gunned down in broad daylight in a reported gangland revenge killing
- OCTOBER 12, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment forecloses the chance for reformation...
Capital punishment forecloses the chance for reformation and hence should be repealed as has been done by most civilised nations, former Indian Supreme Court Judge, K
- OCTOBER 10, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Lahu Dhekane was sentenced to death by an Additional...
Lahu Dhekane was sentenced to death by an Additional and Sessions Court in Pune, India, for the 4 July 2003 abduction, and eventual murder, of Amit Sonawane, 13, from Nira
- OCTOBER 3, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Singapore prison officials hanged Arunprakash Vaithilingam,...
Singapore prison officials hanged Arunprakash Vaithilingam, 25, an Indian immigrant worker, for the murder of a flat mate on 22 December 2001
- OCTOBER 1, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian court sentenced to death a man, identified...
An Indian court sentenced to death a man, identified only as Poonaji, who was convicted of burning his wife, four daughters and a neighbour to death in a fit of rage
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian court sentenced Dara Singh to death and 12...
An Indian court sentenced Dara Singh to death and 12 others to life imprisonment for killing an Australian Christian missionary and his two young sons in a mob attack