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 9, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE TO INDIAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Malaysian court sentenced a 41-year-old Indian national to death for drug trafficking.
- DECEMBER 1, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED FOR KILLING WIFE
a court in Kerala, India, Ernakulam Sessions Court Judge B Kamal Pasha sentenced Unni...
- NOVEMBER 30, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
in India, Principal District & Sessions Judge S B Shukre sentenced Anil alias Anthony Arikswamy Joseph, 35, from Aaykar Bhavan, to death for murdering Lakhan Mano-har Vaidya, 10, after sodomising him on January 10, 2008
- NOVEMBER 27, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: THREE MURDER ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH
in India, Ghaziabad Additional District and Session Judge R K Uppadhaya sentenced Pramod Kumar, 24, Hari Om Tyagi, 26, and Nirdosh, 23, to death and fined them Rs 5,000 each for shooting dead cable operator Amit in Modinagar in 2003.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE
Justices Alam and Ganguly of the Indian Supreme Court commuted to life imprisonment the death penalty awarded to Remdeo Chauhan, alias Rajnath Chauhan, for murdering Bhabani Charan Das and his three family members on 8 March, 1992.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: LUDHIANA COP SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF THREE
in Ludhiana, India, Additional Sessions Judge Manjider Singh sentenced constable Jarnail Singh to death for murdering Harbans Singh and his sons Bhagwant and Beant in 2004 over an old grudge. The court has also fined Jarnail Rs 5000.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC UPHOLDS DEATH FOR TAILOR WHO KILLED FAMILY
Justices Hardas and Potdar of the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court in India confirmed the death sentence of tailor Sunil Gaikwad, 35, for murdering his wife and two minor sons on July 8, 2008.
- NOVEMBER 15, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MURDER OF COUPLE: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Kottayam Fast Track Court II in India sentenced Pradeep Borah...
OCTOBER 28, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH PENALTY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THOSE KILLING FOR DOWRY - SUPREME COURT
the Supreme Court of India said that death sentence should be awarded in dowry
- OCTOBER 19, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PANEL FOR DEATH PENALTY FOR HIJACKERS
while advocating the death penalty for hijackers, the Indian parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture committee said it must be awarded to those whose actions result in death of hostages or security personnel.
- OCTOBER 18, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: KASAB APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE
the sole surviving militant involved in the Mumbai terror attacks of November 2008, Pakistani citizen Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, appealed his death sentence.
- OCTOBER 17, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC CONFIRMS DEATH FOR MAN WHO KILLED WIFE, 2 SONS
the death sentence of Beed resident Sunil Gaikwad, 35, imposed by a local sessions judge in May 2009...