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
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: KASAB CHALLENGES DEATH PENALTY IN BOMBAY HIGH COURT
Pakistani national Ajmal Kasab filed an appeal in the Bombay High Court in India challenging the death penalty awarded to him for killing 166 people on November 26, 2008.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: GIRL’S TESTIMONY CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DAD
Justices P V Hardas and A V Potdar of the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court in India sentenced Sunil Gaikwad, 35...
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED FOR MURDER
in Thiruvananthapuram, India, First Class Additional Session Court Judge P Somarajan sentenced D Lorenze, 41, to death for hacking his wife Valsala, 36, to death after a quarrel on October 10, 2007.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
at the Poonamallee Fast Track Court-I in Kancheepuram, India, Judge R. V. R. Dheenadhayalan sentenced Jayakumar to death and fined him Rs. 5000
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE ON MAN WHO RAPED MINOR
Justices M Chockalingam and M Sathyanarayanan of the Madras High Court in India confirmed the death sentence awarded to Selvam...
SEPTEMBER 21, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYUAE: COURT WAIVES DEATH PENALTY TO 3 PUNJAB YOUTHS
the Appeal Sharia Court in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, commuted the death sentences
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH PENALTY TO MAN FOR BURNING 5
Justices V S Sirpurkar and A K Pattnaik of the Indian Supreme Court sentenced Sunder Singh to death for burning five members of a family to death on June 30, 1989.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PRESIDENT COMMUTES 14 DEATH SENTENCES INTO LIFE TERMS
Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil commuted the death
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH IN MURDER CASE
in Nagercoil, India, district sessions judge Saravanan sentenced Anbarasu to death for murdering Malik Mohammed, 75, his wife Katheeja Beevi, 65, and watchman Gnanaprakasam, 71, on November 12, 2007, as revenge after he was fired.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: EIGHT YEAR DELAY IN SC HEARING ALLOWS MAN TO ESCAPE GALLOWS
in India, the Delhi High Court commuted the death sentence of Ajit Seth for murdering Sunny Arora, 7, and Shikha Arora, 3, to life imprisonment because the Supreme Court took eight years to decide the case.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE
a Division Bench the Karnataka High Court in India comprising Justices Rao and Pinto upheld the death sentences of Madhurnath, Rafiq and Jayanna of Anandpuram in Sagar taluk for robbing and murdering ginger merchant Madhusudan in Sagar on August 8, 2005.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: BOMBAY HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF MURDERER TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
the division bench of justices Ranjana Desai and VK Tahilramani of the Bombay high court in India commuted the death sentence issued by the Sessions Court to Kamlakar Shinde, 25, for murdering and robbing his aunt Draupadi Shinde, 55, in July 2007, to lif