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
DECEMBER 13, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 477 PEOPLE ON DEATH ROW
There are 477 convicts on death row in India, the government says.
- DECEMBER 5, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING FOUR FAMILY MEMBERS
A court in Madhya Pradesh, India, awarded death penalty to two people for killing
- DECEMBER 5, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
a court in Manawar town in Dhar district awarded capital punishment
a court in Manawar town in Dhar district awarded capital punishment
- DECEMBER 4, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
in India, the Principal District and Session Judge...
in India, the Principal District and Session Judge...
DECEMBER 4, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PRESIDENT COMMUTES SENTENCE OF DEATH ROW CONVICT
In a first case of pardon by President Pranab Mukherjee after assuming office, death sentence
- NOVEMBER 28, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the Delhi High Court, India, reduced the death penalty...
the Delhi High Court, India, reduced the death penalty...
- NOVEMBER 22, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
KASAB'S LAST WORDS: ‘PLEASE FORGIVE ME, WILL NEVER REPEAT SUCH A MISTAKE’
Ajmal Kasab, one of the 10 terrorists who attacked Mumbai in India on November 26, 2008
NOVEMBER 22, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: COURT ACQUITS TWO IN 1996 DELHI BLAST
Slamming the lax probe, the Delhi High Court acquitted two convicts given death penalty in
NOVEMBER 21, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MUMBAI ATTACKER HANGED IN GREAT SECRECY IN THE FIRST EXECUTION SINCE 2004
India executed a Pakistan national, Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the lone survivor of a militant squad
NOVEMBER 21, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SUPREME COURT FOR 'FRESH LOOK' ON CRITERION FOR AWARDING DEATH PENALTY
In India, the Supreme Court has said its Constitution bench's landmark judgement of 1980
- NOVEMBER 19, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
a youth who raped and murdered a minor in 2007 has escaped the gallows
a youth who raped and murdered a minor in 2007 has escaped the gallows
- NOVEMBER 1, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Judge of the Mahila Court M.P. Subramanian, in India...
Judge of the Mahila Court M.P. Subramanian, in India...