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 22, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 38-YEAR OLD GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR BRUTAL MURDER OF NRI
A 38-year old man was sentenced to death by a court in India for murdering an NRI (non-resident
OCTOBER 19, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPE, MURDER OF 9-YR-OLD
A court in Bihar, India, awarded death sentence to a man for raping and murdering a minor
OCTOBER 8, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC COMMUTES SHARMA'S DEATH PENALTY
In India, the Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of former Congress leader Sushil Sharma to life imprisonment in connection with the 1995 tandoor murder case.
- OCTOBER 1, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
a district court in Narsinghpur in Madhya Pradesh
a district court in Narsinghpur in Madhya Pradesh
SEPTEMBER 18, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: COURT GIVES DEATH TO MAN WHO STRIPPED, MURDERED PARENTS
Om Prakash, 25, who stripped his aged parents before killing them, was convicted and sentenced
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 4 MEN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCES IN GANG RAPE
A judge sentenced to death the four men convicted in the December gang rape and murder of a young New Delhi woman, ordering them to the gallows for a brutal attack on a bus that left the young woman with such severe internal injuries that she died two wee
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: THREE GET DEATH SENTENCE IN SENDHWA BUS FIRE CASE
A court in Barwani, India, handed down death sentence to three staffers of a bus and life imprisonment
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: JAMMU AND KASHMIR HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF GUNMAN
Jammu and Kashmir High Court upheld the death sentence of a counter-insurgent gunman
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
FOUR GUILTY OF BUS GANG RAPE THAT SICKENED INDIA
An Indian court convicted four men of the gang rape and murder of a physiotherapy student
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the Odisha High Court, in India, commuted the death penalty
the Odisha High Court, in India, commuted the death penalty
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO 3 IN TRIPLE MURDER CASE
Three men have been awarded death penalty by a Delhi court for brutally murdering three
- AUGUST 31, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
one person was sentenced to death
one person was sentenced to death