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
FEBRUARY 13, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR GANG RAPE AND MURDER
A court in India has sentenced five men to death for the gang rape and murder of a teenager as well as the killing of her father and toddler-aged niece
FEBRUARY 10, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC RAPS COPS FOR ‘FAULTY PROBE’, ACQUITS MAN ON DEATH ROW
The Supreme Court of India has set aside death penalty awarded to an Agra man who was earlier convicted for murder of his brother, sister-in-law and four children in a property dispute case in 2012, Times of India reported on February 10, 2025.
- FEBRUARY 5, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SUPREME COURT ACQUITS MUMBAI RAPE-MURDER CASE CONVICT ON DEATH ROW SINCE 2015
The Supreme Court of India has acquitted a man who had been sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in 2014.
- JANUARY 22, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 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 PENALTY
INDIA: 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.