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 23, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MINOR RAPE AND MURDER
The additional sessions judge of Kamalpur, in Tripura's Dhalai district, sentenced two youngsters to death
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. India's largest drug seller, Sun Pharma, has publicly dissociated itself from the use of its drugs in upcoming executions.
USA - Arkansas. India's largest drug seller, Sun Pharma, has publicly dissociated itself from the use of its drugs in upcoming executions.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT TO MAN FOR MURDER OF MINOR
A 28-year-old man was sentenced to capital imprisonment in Madhya Pradesh state of central India on the charge of brutally killing a minor boy after sodomizing him.
AUGUST 28, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: LAW PANEL DRAFT PAPER FAVOURS ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
The Law Commission is set to recommend abolition of death penalty in India except for terror convicts,
JULY 30, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: YAKUB MEMON EXECUTED FOR 1993 MUMBAI BOMBINGS
A little over 22 years after the Mumbai bombings that killed 257 people in 1993, the lone convict on death row in the case – Yakub Abdul Razak Memon – was hanged at the Central Prison in the city of Nagpur.
- JULY 22, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: YAKUB MEMON FILES FRESH MERCY PLEA BEFORE PRESIDENT
The execution of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon might be delayed as he reportedly handed over a fresh plea for mercy to Nagpur central jail authorities, to be forwarded to the President
JULY 20, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TRIAL COURTS GIVE DEATH FREELY, BUT JUST 5% CONFIRMED
Just 5 % of the 1,790 death sentences handed down by trial courts in the last 15 years have been confirmed by the Supreme Court.
JULY 16, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: CONVICT HAMSA SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SAFIYA MURDER CASE
The district sessions court in Kasaragod, state of Kerala, has awarded death sentence to K.C. Hamsa,
JULY 12, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH PENALTY IS PRIVILEGE OF POOR, SAYS LAW COMMISSION HEAD
Noting that poor and downtrodden usually go to the gallows, Chairman of the Law Commission of India
- JULY 11, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MPS, LEADERS SEEK REPEAL OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Cutting across the party lines, the members of Parliament (MPs) and political leaders favoured the abolition
JULY 10, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: FORMER PRESIDENT A P J ABDUL KALAM FAVOURS ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Former president A P J Abdul Kalam has supported abolition of the death penalty, saying that as President
JUNE 18, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN AWARDED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR RAPING EIGHT-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A lower court in Ashta Tehsil near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, awarded capital punishment to a man for raping a minor eight-year-old girl.