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
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 PENALTY
INDIA: 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.
- JULY 26, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: YOUTH GETS DEATH SENTENCE AFTER QUICK TRIAL IN MINOR’S RAPE AND MURDER CASE
A 25-year-old youth was awarded a death sentence in Madhya Pradesh for raping and killing a six-year-old girl
JULY 24, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HC SETS ASIDE DEATH SENTENCE, ACQUITS CONVICT OF ALL CHARGES
The Madras High Court set aside the conviction as well as death sentence imposed by a trial court on 24-year-old P. Manikandan
- JULY 21, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
RAJASTHAN: 19-YEAR-OLD GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPING INFANT IN ALWAR
A special court in Alwar sentenced a 19-year-old to death for raping a seven-month-old child in Rajasthan’s Laxmangarh area.
- JULY 17, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PUNJAB & HARYANA HC CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY FOR HARYANA WOMEN & HER LOVER
The Punjab and Haryana High Court confirmed the death sentence awarded to a Haryana woman and her boyfriend for poisoning and strangulating seven members of her family, including four children, in September 2009.
- JULY 9, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES OVER 2012 DELHI GANG RAPE
India's Supreme Court upheld death sentences for three men over the infamous gang-rape and murder of a woman in New Delhi in 2012 that sparked national protests and soul-searching.