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 22, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 5 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE-MURDER OF CHHATTISGARH GIRL
A fast-track court in Korba district of Chhattisgarh has sentenced five men to death for gang-raping and killing a 16-year-old girl and murdering her two family members in 2021.
JANUARY 15, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ORISSA HC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF 9 TO LIFE SENTENCE
The Orissa High Court on January 15, 2025 commuted the death sentences of nine individuals to life imprisonment in connection with a 2016 triple murder case.
JANUARY 9, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SENTENCED TO DEATH AS MINOR, MAN SET FREE AFTER 23 YEARS
The Supreme Court of India on January 8, 2025 set free a minor offender, more than 23 years after he was sentenced to death by an Uttarakhand court in a murder case
DECEMBER 31, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: FATHER-SON DUO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING RELATIVE IN 2014 LAND DISPUTE CASE
A Bareilly court on December 24, 2024 sentenced a father-son duo to death in connection with a decade-old murder case, also imposing a fine of Rs 1 lakh on each.
DECEMBER 11, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: BOMBAY HC SETS ASIDE DEATH PENALTY OF KEY ACCUSED FOR MURDER OF PUNE FAMILY IN 1997, ORDERS HIS RELEASE
The Bombay High Court on December 9, 2024 set aside the death penalty granted to the key accused by a lower court for the murder of four members of a family, including two children, 27 years ago in Pune.
DECEMBER 10, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO YOUTH IN 61 DAYS FOR MINOR'S RAPE-MURDER IN JAYNAGAR
A POCSO court in Baruipur of West Bengal's South 24 Parganas on December 5, 2024 awarded death sentence to Mustaqin, convicted of rape and murder of a minor girl from Jaynagar.
DECEMBER 5, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: UTTAR PRADESH MAN GIVEN DEATH PENALTY ON DRUG CHARGES
A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a man from Meerut in Uttar Pradesh to death on charges of drug trafficking, triggering panic and despair among his family members who have pleaded for clemency, PTI reported on December 4, 2024.
DECEMBER 2, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING WIFE, TWO KIDS, MOTHER
The 5th Additional District and Sessions Court in Mysuru has sentenced a man to death for the murders of his pregnant wife, two children, and mother, the Indian Express reported on November 28, 2024.
NOVEMBER 30, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 7 MEN WHO KILLED 23-YR-OLD IN 2020, CHOPPED BODY INTO PIECES, GET DEATH PENALTY
Calling it a rarest of rare case, a Chinsurah fast track court on November 28, 2024 sentenced seven persons to death in a 2020 murder case.
NOVEMBER 19, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF ACCUSED IN MINOR’S RAPE-MURDER
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on November 15, 2024 commuted the death sentence of a man accused in the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl into life imprisonment.
NOVEMBER 12, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: KARNATAKA COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO THREE MEN IN RAPE AND MURDER CASE OF AN 8-YEAR-OLD
A Mangaluru court on November 7, 2024 awarded death sentences to three men after finding them guilty of the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl.
NOVEMBER 5, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, KILLING MINOR GIRL
A court in Rajasthan’s Udaipur on November 4, 2024 sentenced a man to death for raping and killing a nine-year-old girl.