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 6, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
GUJARAT (INDIA): DEATH PENALTY INTRODUCED FOR TOXIC ALCOHOL
The illegal manufacture and sale of toxic alcohol in the western Indian state of Gujarat
- DECEMBER 3, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: ASIAN GANG MEMBERS GET DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER
Qayan, Isk and Parshan were sentenced to death by a three-judge panel of the Jeddah General Court for the murder and robbery of a real estate agent in Jeddah in 2007.
- DECEMBER 1, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: INDIAN PRISONER’S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED, LHC TOLD
the superintendent of the Lahore Central Jail informed the Lahore High Court that Indian prisoner Surjit Singh was sent to the jail in 1985 as a condemned prisoner but now he is being treated as life imprisonment convict in the light of the general amnest
- NOVEMBER 30, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PETITION IN HIGH COURT AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
in Kochi, India, lawyer Manju Antoney lodged a petition with the Kerala high court challenging the death penalty.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TWO TO HANG FOR TRIPLE MURDER
in India, the Jhajjar Additional Sessions court sentenced Ajayveer, alias Toni, of Jassaurkheri village, and Jairam, alias Baba, of Mundka village, to death for murder.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MINOR'S DEATH PENALTY SET ASIDE
holding that he was a minor at the time of commission of offence, the Madurai bench of the Madras high court in India, Justice M Jaichandren and Justice S Nagamuthu...
- NOVEMBER 23, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: AJMAL KASAB HANDED DOWN DEATH SENTENCE
Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab was handed down the death sentence for his role in the 26
- NOVEMBER 19, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE
in Azamgarh, India, Additional District and Sessions judge Budhiram Yadav sentenced Piyaro Akbalpur village residents Ram Autar and Arvind to death for raping and killing Poonam Devi, 16, after beating her father Chandradhari to death on July 19, 2009.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO EIGHT IN TRIPLE MURDER
A local court in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, India, awarded capital punishment to eight
- NOVEMBER 4, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: FOUR WHO ESCAPED DEATH ROW RETURN HOME FROM SHARJAH
four of the seventeen Indian nationals sentenced to death in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates for murdering Pakistani national Misri Nazir Khan in 2009 arrived home following the payment of blood money.
- NOVEMBER 2, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: KERALA COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
the Kochi CBI Special Court in India sentenced Jayanandan, 39, from Mala in Thrissur District, to death for the murder of Devaki, a 51-year-old housewife. Jayanandan allegedly attacked Devaki and her husband in Puthenvelikkara and robbed them of gold orna
- NOVEMBER 1, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC STAYS MAHENDRA HANGING, AGAIN
the Gawahati high court in India again deferred Mahendra Das's hanging till December 14 as the Centre is yet to submit the affidavit regarding the delay in Das' mercy petition that was requested earlier.