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
- MAY 13, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR KOLI
judge A K Singh from a special CBI court in Ghaziabad, India,,,
- MAY 12, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pune, India, Additional Sessions judge U S Thakare sentenced Sandesh, alias Sainath Kailash Abhang...
- MAY 12, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 14 YEARS AFTER MASSACRE, 3 GET DEATH
in Bihar, India, Additional district and sessions judge A K Shrivastava sentenced Ajay Singh...
MAY 11, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MUMBAI ATTACKS GUNMAN COULD BE HANGED THIS YEAR
The lone surviving gunman of the 2008 Mumbai attacks could be executed this year
- MAY 10, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC STAYS DEATH SENTENCE
the Indian Supreme Court stayed the death sentence of Jamiluddin Nasir...
- MAY 7, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC REDUCES MAN'S DEATH PENALTY TO 20 YEARS JAIL TERM
Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Suresh Kait of the Delhi High Court in India commuted the death sentence of an unidentified man for raping and murdering a 5-year-old girl to life imprisonment.
- MAY 6, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MUMBAI GUNMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in India, judge M.L. Tahaliyani sentenced Pakistani Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab
- MAY 3, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN WHO KILLED LOVER'S HUSBAND
in the United Arab Emirates, the Sharia Court of First Instance sentenced R.B., a 27-year-old Indian man, to death for murdering his lover's husband with a club and burning his face with acid.
- APRIL 25, 2010QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR: APPEALS COURT DEATH SENTENCE FOR THREE TAXI DRIVERS
the Qatar Court of Appeals upheld the death sentence awarded to three foreign taxi drivers.
- APRIL 24, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC ACQUITS MAN OF MURDER
in India, the Bombay high court quashed the 2008 death sentence of Pappu Salve from Nashik as being "unfounded and unfair'' and acquitted him.
- APRIL 24, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIANS ON DEATH ROW A MOCKERY OF JUSTICE: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL TO UAE
Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said in a statement that the death sentence awarded to 17 Indians in UAE was "a mockery of justice.
- APRIL 22, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR THREE IN LAJPAT NAGAR BLAST CASE
in India, District and Sessions Judge SP Garg sentenced Mohammed Naushad, Mirza Nissar Hussain and Mohammed Ali Bhatt to death for the Lajpat Nagar market bombing that killed 13 people in New Dehli in 1996. The three were also fined Rs 37,000 each.