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
- AUGUST 10, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: RED FORT ATTACK: SC UPHOLDS ARIF'S DEATH PENALTY
justices VS Sirpukar and justice TS Thakur of the Indian Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence of Mohd Arif, alias Ashfaq, for the December 22, 2000, Red Fort terrorist attack case in which three people were killed. Ashfaq had challenged the high cou
- AUGUST 9, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COPS WHO KILL DESERVE DEATH SENTENCE: SC
a bench of Justices Katju and Prasad of the Indian Supreme Court said policemen who resort to killing deserve the death sentence.
- AUGUST 5, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN SENT TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING CHILD
in India, Judge A Raja Prasad Babu of the Mahila Court-cum-Sixth Additional District Court sentenced Arun Kumar to death for killing his baby daughter because he wanted a son on November 28, 2010, in Kancharapalem in the City. He allegedly strangled the b
- AUGUST 3, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR DRUG OFFENDER
Ghulam Mallik, 49, from Kashmir, was sentenced to death a second time by the NDPS court in India.
- AUGUST 2, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE TO MAN CONVICTED OF RAPE, MURDER
a division bench of the Madras High Court in India, comprising justices C Nagappan and M Sathyanarayanan, upheld the death penalty of B Kumar, 34, a mason.
- AUGUST 1, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF TWO TO LIFE IN PRISON
Indian President Pratibha Patil commuted the death sentences of Sattan and Guddu of Uttar Pradesh to life imprisonment.
- JULY 30, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR THREE IN BUSINESSMAN MURDER CASE
at a fast track court in Narsinghpur, India, additional sessions judge S K Pandey sentenced Rahul Razak, 22, Satish Parochi, 26, and Ashok Vishwakarma, 35, to death for into murdering Pankaj Thakur, 23, at Bhedaghat on May 5, 2009.
- JULY 30, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: QASAB APPEALS AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
Pakistani national Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab, 23, appealed his death sentence to the Indian Supreme Court for the November 26, 2008, terror attacks in Mumbai.
- JULY 30, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SHUKLA MURDER CASE: ACCUSED GETS DEATH
Bhavan Sodha was sentenced to death by B A Gadhavi of the Jamnagar sessions court in India for killing teacher Ranjan Shukla and her two children, Devdutt and Komal, on July 13, 2000.
- JULY 29, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING KIDS
in Markapuram in India's Prakasam district, Sixth additional district sessions judge P Prabhakar sentenced Bandi Venkateswarlu to death and ten years imprisonment for killing the two children of his elder brother.
- JULY 27, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: SHARJAH COURT PARDONS 17 MEN ON DEATH ROW
the 17 Indian men on death row in the United Arab Emirates for murdering a Pakistani man were pardoned by a Sharjah court after the victim's family agreed to accept Dh3.4 million in blood money.
- JULY 19, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
DH3.4M BLOOD MONEY AGREEMENT REACHED FOR 17 INDIANS SENTENCED FOR MURDER
seventeen Indian men convicted of killing Pakistani labourer Misri Nazir Khan in the Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, in January 2009...