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 3, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS FIVE DAUGHTERS
in Sehore, India, District and Sessions Judge Ved Prakash Sharma sentenced Magan Lalwho...
- FEBRUARY 1, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF A WIDOW
a bench of Justices Altamas Kabir and A K Pathak of the Indian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of B A Umesh for raping and murdering of a widow in Bangalore in 1999.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: BLOOD MONEY PAID IN SHARJAH COURT
eight Indians and two Pakistanis facing the death sentence in a murder case in the United Arab Emirates got a major reprieve as a Sharjah Sharia Court authorised the payment of blood money.
- JANUARY 29, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TAMIL NADU BUS BURNING: SC STAYS DEATH FOR 3
a bench of the Indian Supreme Court comprising Justices Reddy and Nijjar stayed the execution of AIADMK activists Nedu aka Nedunchezian, Madhu aka Ravichandran and C Muniappan.
- JANUARY 25, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: VIOLATING SC ORDER, STATES KEEP DEATH ROW PRISONERS ISOLATED
in violation of Supreme Court directions, 28 persons are being kept in solitary confinement in various jails in India. Information under Right to Information (RTI) Act obtained by Navkiran Singh, a lawyer practicing in Punjab and Haryana High Court, revea
- JANUARY 25, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE IN SURAT
a three judge bench of the Indian Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of Ramesh Chandubhai Rathod to life imprisonment.
- JANUARY 17, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC RESERVES ORDER ON KASAB’S APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
the Bombay high court reserved its order on the appeal filed by Pakistani Ajmal Amir Kasab against the death sentence awarded to him for his role in the terror attacks.
- JANUARY 10, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BRUTALLY KILLING FATHER
in Delhi, India, Additional sessions judge Mr RK Gauba sentenced Jitender resident Nabi Karim, 25, to death and fined him Rs 5,000 for killing his father on March 13, 2008, as a sacrifice to a deity in 2008 to ward off troubles with his wife.
- JANUARY 6, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MEERUT FATHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, KILLING DAUGHTER
in Meerut, India, Additional district and sessions judge Shyam Vinod sentenced Ajay Kumar, a labourer from Bihar, to death for raping and killing his daughter Renu, 7, on May 16, 2008.
JANUARY 5, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: INDIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING DRUGS
A 27-year-old Indian was sentenced to death by a Malaysian court on charges
- JANUARY 1, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for by the Penal Code and by Art. 21 of the Constitution which states
The death penalty is provided for by the Penal Code and by Art. 21 of the Constitution which states
- DECEMBER 31, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 17 INDIANS ON DEATH ROW IN UAE WIN REPRIEVE -REPORTS
seventeen Indians convicted of killing a Pakistani man had their death sentences overturned by Judge Abdullah Yousef al-Shamsi of the Sharjah Court of Appeals in United Arab Emirates after the victim's family agreed to pardon them in return for financial