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 23, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN, SON GET DEATH SENTENCE IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE IN UP
A 60-year-old man and his son were sentenced to death in Uttar Pradesh for murdering two persons over a land dispute.
- MAY 9, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR DELHI GANG RAPE
Four men convicted of a gang rape that shocked India and attracted worldwide attention will be executed.
MAY 9, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: THREE ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NAYNA PUJARI CASE
A Pune special court sentenced three accused to death sentence in kidnapping, gangrape and murder of software engineer Nayna Pujari.
APRIL 11, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 325 DEATH ROW CONVICTS IN THE COUNTRY TILL 2016
As many as 325 death row convicts are lodged in different jails across the country till 2016, the Lok Sabha was informed.
MARCH 28, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TWO GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN KIDNAP-CUM-MURDER CASE
Terming it as the rarest of the rare case, the judge Rajesh Bhardwaj pronounced the judgement and ordered that the accused Monu alias Chander Prakash and Nitu be hanged till death.
MARCH 22, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: LAW COMMISSION RECOMMENDS ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY, EXCEPT IN TERROR CASES
The Law Commission has recommended that the death penalty be abolished for all crimes except those related to terrorism, Rajya Sabha was informed.
MARCH 21, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING KERALA FAMILY
A 30-year-old migrant worker convicted of murdering his employer and his parents in Kerala’s Kottayam district has been handed the death sentence.
MARCH 1, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA SENTENCED TWICE AS MANY PEOPLE TO DEATH IN 2016 THAN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR
Sessions courts handed down nearly twice as many death sentences in 2016 as compared to 2015,
- FEBRUARY 15, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF DALIT
27 years after a Dalit man was burnt alive by some upper caste men in Hathras, in the Indian state of Uttar
FEBRUARY 10, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR RAPE AND MURDER IN MADHYA PRADESH
A court in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh awarded capital punishment to a man for raping a woman,
- JANUARY 21, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: BANGAON COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCES TO 3 TERRORISTS
Three Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives were sentenced to death by a Bengal court.
- JANUARY 19, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 3 YOUTHS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN HARYANA FOR GANGRAPE, MURDER OF 9-YEAR-OLD
Three youths were sentenced to death by a fast-track court in Haryana for the gang rape and killing of a