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
OCTOBER 5, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 4 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR TRIPLE MURDER IN AJMER
The special ST/SC court judge Brij Madhuri Sharma on October 4, 2018 pronounced hang till death sentence on four men accused in the sensational triple murder in 2011 in Ajmer
OCTOBER 3, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE TERM
The Jaipur high court on September 27, 2018 commuted the death sentence of Prasandeep alias Panna, accused in the murder of a businessman Ghan Shyam Agarwal in Behror, to life term
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TWO MAOISTS GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING SP
Two Maoist guerrillas involved in the killing of Pakur Superintendent of Police Amarjeet Balihar and five other policemen in Jharkhand in 2013 were awarded death sentence by a Dumka district court on September 26, 2018.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPING 4-YR-OLD GIRL IN MP
A court in Satna (MP) on September 19, 2018 awarded death sentence to a contractual teacher for raping a four-year-old girl in this Madhya Pradesh district nearly three months ago
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TOP COURT PUTS DEATH SENTENCE OF MAN WHO RAPED, KILLED 4-YEAR-OLD ON HOLD
A 22-year-old man, who was sentenced to death for raping and murdering a four-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh, won't be executed till the Supreme Court decides on his appeal, ndtv reported on September 18, 2018.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: NIA COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCE TO TWO PRO-BODOLAND MILITANTS
A special court of the National Investigation Agency in Guwahati gave the death penalty to two militants of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland and sentenced two others to life in connection with the murders of members of the tribal community in 201
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 3 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF FOUR-YEAR-OLD SHIMLA BOY
In a historic judgment, the District and Sessions Court, Shimla on September 5, 2018 sentenced all three convicts, Chander Sharma, Tajender and Vikrant, to death in the sensational murder of four-year-old Yug.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR 2007 HYDERABAD TWIN BLASTS
A special court in Hyderabad sentenced two convicts to death and a third to life sentence for the 2007 Hyderabad twin bomb blasts which had claimed 42 lives.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ASSAM TEEN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR GANG RAPE, MURDER
A teenager was sentenced to death by a court in central Assam’s Nagaon for the gang rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl five months ago.
AUGUST 31, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPING MINOR
A POCSO court in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district sentenced a 23-year-old man to death for raping a three-year-old girl at Dabri Dheer village
AUGUST 6, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PARLIAMENT PASSES CRIMINAL LAW (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2018, DEATH PENALTY FOR CHILD RAPE CONVICTS
The Parliament passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018 with the Rajya Sabha clearing it by a voice vote.
- AUGUST 1, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER
A court in Assam pronounced death sentence to one person and life imprisonment to another for their involvement in the brutal rape and murder of a school teacher last year.