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
- JANUARY 29, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the Indian Supreme Court has commuted death penalty of a man
the Indian Supreme Court has commuted death penalty of a man
JANUARY 28, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH TO LIFE TO FATHER WHO RAPED DAUGHTER AND KILLED HER AND HIS WIFE
JANUARY 24, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DALAI LAMA SAYS DELHI GANG RAPISTS SHOULD NOT BE EXECUTED, DEATH PENALTY NOT THE ANSWER
One of the world's most respected spiritual leaders has asked that mercy be shown in
- JANUARY 15, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
a 60-year-old farmhouse guard was awarded death penalty
a 60-year-old farmhouse guard was awarded death penalty
JANUARY 11, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: LAW MINISTER AGAINST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Notwithstanding the growing clamour for death penalty to the Delhi rape-and-murder case
JANUARY 10, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPIST, MURDERER OF TEENAGED GIRL
A court in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar town, India, sentenced to death a man for raping
- JANUARY 7, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
two persons were sentenced to death and two others given life term
two persons were sentenced to death and two others given life term
JANUARY 6, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN SAYING ''HIS CONDUCT IN JAIL WAS NOT SHOWN TO BE UNWORTHY OF CONCESSION.''
the Supreme Court in Mumbai, India, commuted a death sentence to life for a 23-year-old man who killed a 65-year-old woman and raped her pregnant 25-year-old granddaughter-in-law in an upscale Pune neighbourhood in September 2007.
JANUARY 4, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PRESIDENT REJECTS MERCY PLEA OF MAN WHO KILLED WIFE, DAUGHTER
President Pranab Mukherjee rejected the mercy petition of murder convict Saibanna Ningappa
JANUARY 4, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SENTENCED TO DEATH, PAK NATIONAL WINS BLAST CASE ON RE-TRIAL
A Pakistani national, convicted and sentenced to death in India eight years back in connection with
- JANUARY 3, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
KERALA (INDIA): MINOR'S RAPIST, MURDER GETS DEATH PENALTY
In India, a court in Thiruvananthapuram sent an autorickshaw driver to the
- JANUARY 1, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for by the Penal Code and by Art. 21 of the Constitution
The death penalty is provided for by the Penal Code and by Art. 21 of the Constitution