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
- MAY 14, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On May 14, Mazhar Hasan Anwar, Indian, was executed...
On May 14, Mazhar Hasan Anwar, Indian, was executed in Saudi Arabia for drug offenses
- MAY 11, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On May 11, the Supreme Court confirmed death sentences...
On May 11, the Supreme Court confirmed death sentences for two Sri Lankans, Murugan, and T
- MAY 3, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On May 3, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu said the...
On May 3, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu said the Government should consider the death sentence for atrocities against women
- APRIL 30, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On April 30, Painadakath Vidayathil Varghese, Indian,...
On April 30, Painadakath Vidayathil Varghese, Indian, was beheaded in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for smuggling heroin to the kingdom in his suitcase
- APRIL 28, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India abstained from the resolution on the death penalty...
India abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- APRIL 14, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On April 14, intellectuals, students and journalists...
On April 14, intellectuals, students and journalists in a meeting convened at Pethiagachi condemned the rape of a teenage girl at Bokaro and demanded that a special court be set up to try the criminals who perpetrated the heinous crime
- APRIL 4, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On April 4, Radical Sikh organizations, reactivated...
On April 4, Radical Sikh organizations, reactivated ever since the Badal-Tohra spilled out in the open, demanded that the 1,000-odd Sikh Tada detainees jailed in the Punjab and elsewhere be released in view of the Khalsa tercentenary celebration
- APRIL 1, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On April 1, a large number of school children in New...
On April 1, a large number of school children in New Delhi took to the streets against the spurt in violence in the capital in the past few months
- APRIL 1, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
In April, the Supreme Court awarded a life term to...
In April, the Supreme Court awarded a life term to Kumudi Lal for raping and murdering a scheduled caste girl in a UP village in 1995
- MARCH 19, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On March 19, in New Delhi, the Supreme Court ordered...
On March 19, in New Delhi, the Supreme Court ordered the death sentence for Dharampal, who was convicted for raping the daughter of his neighbor and while on bail murdered 5 members of the rape victim's family with his brother Nirmal's help in the village
- MARCH 12, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On March 12, the European Parliament examined the report...
On March 12, the European Parliament examined the report by Belgian Liberal Anne Andre-Leonard on strengthening the EU-India partnership
- FEBRUARY 12, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On February 12, the Maharashtra Control of Organized...
On February 12, the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Ordinance, 1999, was signed by President K