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 8, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ANKUR PANWAR SENTENCED TO DEATH IN PREETI RATHI ACID ATTACK AND MURDER CASE
A special women's court sentenced a 25-year-old man to death for murdering a Delhi resident by hurling acid at Bandra Terminus in 2013.
JULY 6, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: COURT CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY FOR FOUR IN TRIPLE MURDER
The High Court of Karnataka in Kalaburagi confirmed capital punishment imposed on four accused in a triple murder case by the District and Sessions Court of Yadgir.
- JUNE 24, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PRESIDENT REJECTS TWO DEATH-SENTENCE PLEAS FROM CONVICTS
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has reportedly rejected mercy pleas from two death-row convicts,
- JUNE 10, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
The sessions court in Shajapur awarded capital punishment to four persons, including three brothers, for
- MAY 17, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN JET SANTHOSH MURDER CASE
Two convicts in the Jet Santhosh murder case were sentenced to death by the additional sessions court in
MAY 17, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 7 VILLAGERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 3 WOMEN SUSPECTING THEM AS WITCHES
Eight people including two women were held guilty on charges of lynching three women at Daspur in October 2012.
APRIL 19, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: EIGHT SENTENCED TO DEATH IN WEST BENGAL FOR MURDER OF COLLEGE STUDENT
As many as eight people were sentenced to death in West Bengal for the murder of college student Saurabh Chowdhury in 2014.
APRIL 12, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO MAN IN RAPE AND MURDER CASE
A 47-year old man was awarded death sentence in Jharkhand State by a Giridih court for raping and
- APRIL 9, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On 9 April 2016, for the first time a court in Bengal awarded death sentence under the Narcotic Drugs and
On 9 April 2016, for the first time a court in Bengal awarded death sentence under the Narcotic Drugs and
- MARCH 30, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR TWO MURDERS IN TAMIL NADU
A court in Tamil Nadu awarded the death sentence to a man for murdering two women over a land dispute in Anamalai in the district four years ago.
MARCH 11, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF 3 CONVICTS IN DHARMAPURI BUS BURNING CASE
The Supreme Court of India commuted the death penalty of three convicts into life imprisonments, who
- MARCH 8, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 1,398 PEOPLE AWARDED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DURING 2004-14
As many as 1,398 people were awarded capital punishment and three were executed in the country during