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
- APRIL 17, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO TWO PEOPLE
in Jamui, India, District and sessions judge Vijay Kumar Sinha sentenced Preman Yadav and Shailendra Yadav to death for killing three minors of Nepali Yadav with a sharp-edged weapon on March 19, 2006.
- APRIL 17, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPE, MURDER
in Kaushambi, India, District and Sessions Judge C M Khan sentenced Bhairon Bansi to death for assaulting and killing a six year old neighbouring girl at Taimba village on March 10, 2008.
- APRIL 15, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPE, MURDER OF MINOR
in Jharkhand, India, Dhanbad’s Additional District Judge Vijay Shanker Singh sentenced Amit Chakravarty to death for raping and killing his eight-year-old neighbour when she went to his house to give him food in 2005.
- APRIL 12, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: OVER 100 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BIHAR IN LAST 4 YEARS
over 100 people have been sentenced to death in Bihar, India, in the last four years.
- APRIL 7, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: APPEAL FILED AGAINST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT TO 17 INDIANS
an appeal was filed on behalf of 17 Indians recently sentenced to death by a Sharjah court in the United Arab Emirates for killing a Pakistani national and injuring three of his compatriots, India's Consul-General Sanjay Verma said.
APRIL 7, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYBIHAR (INDIA): 16 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN 1997 CARNAGE
Sixteen persons were sentenced to death in India by a Bihar court for their involvement in
- APRIL 1, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN DSP MURDER CASE
Justice R P Asthana of the Fast Track Court in Saharsa...
- MARCH 30, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
HARYANA (INDIA): 5 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in a landmark judgement in a Haryana (India) honour killing case, a court awarded capital
- MARCH 30, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING CHILD
at a court in Bihar, India, Additional District and Sessions Judge Umesh Chandra Mishra sentenced Raju Singh to death for abducting three-year-old Sundaram and then killing him at Amatha village in the district on May 10, 2009.
MARCH 29, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYUAE: DEATH PENALTY FOR 17 INDIANS IN UAE
a court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced 17 Indian nationals to death for killing a Pakistani man after a
- MARCH 25, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MP HOUSE CLEARS TOUGH TERROR LAW
the Madhya Pradesh Assembly in India passed a stringent law that provides for capital punishment when terror attacks, disruptive activities and organised crimes result in death.
- MARCH 22, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COURT REJECTS MURDER CONVICT’S CLEMENCY PLEA
Justices P V Hardas and S P Davare of the Bombay high court in India rejected the clemency plea of Nandurbar resident Sumanbai Mahire, 58.