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, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian national was executed in Dammam in the Eastern...
An Indian national was executed in Dammam in the Eastern Region (Saudi Arabia)
- OCTOBER 26, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an [unidentified] Indian man...
Saudi Arabia executed an [unidentified] Indian man convicted of killing a Saudi man over a financial dispute, state television reported
- OCTOBER 21, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Delhi High Court upheld a death sentence given...
The Delhi High Court upheld a death sentence given to Shakila and Babu Lal for sacrificing one-and-half-year-old girl in a witchcraft fertility ritual
- OCTOBER 18, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
In a report on rights violations by soldiers, the Army...
In a report on rights violations by soldiers, the Army said it had investigated 1,426 complaints and punished 124 soldiers posted in Kashmir and the Northeast over the past 11 years
- OCTOBER 18, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Describing a cold-blooded murder as the "rarest of...
Describing a cold-blooded murder as the "rarest of rare cases", a city court sentenced Ashok Kumar Pandey to death for killing his 22-year-old pregnant wife and 19-month-old daughter in New Delhi in September 1996
- OCTOBER 4, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani said that there was...
Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani said that there was no ruling that the death sentence of a prisoner would automatically be commuted to life imprisonment if the state failed to execute the sentence within a year
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian man, Janjana Arana, was executed in Saudi...
An Indian man, Janjana Arana, was executed in Saudi Arabia for murdering a Saudi man with a hatchet after a quarrel
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an [unidentified] Indian man...
Saudi Arabia executed an [unidentified] Indian man for smuggling heroin into the country
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Sago Gham Mrogan, an Indian man convicted of smuggling...
Sago Gham Mrogan, an Indian man convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia was beheaded, the Interior Ministry said
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Three gangsters of Dubai-based organisation were given...
Three gangsters of Dubai-based organisation were given capital punishment for a murderous attack on former city mayor Milind Vaidya in March 1999
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A Ugandan Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence...
A Ugandan Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence passed by the High Court against two Indian brothers, Kooky Sharmar and Davinder Kumar, for killing Kooky's wife Renu Joshi in 1997
- AUGUST 29, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Pondicherry Chief Sessions Judge, handed down a...
The Pondicherry Chief Sessions Judge, handed down a death sentence to 27-year-old Kamal Shah in the sensational Parvathi Shah murder case