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
MARCH 19, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ANTI-HIJACKING LAW GETS TOUGHER, DEATH SENTENCE INCLUDED AS PUNISHMENT
The UPA government made the anti-hijacking law much tougher by including death sentence as a punishment.
- MARCH 18, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA TWO ON DEATH ROW ACQUITTED IN MURDER CASE
Kumaran and Senbagam were acquitted by Justices Chockalingam and Karnan of the Madras High Court in India.
- MARCH 16, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: A DEATH SENTENCE BASED ON LAB TESTS
in India, a Supreme Court Bench comprising Justices M K Sharma and H L Dattu upheld the death sentence of servant Ajay Kumar Pal for murdering his employer Dhirandra Kumar’s family in Ranchi on June 1, 2003.
- MARCH 14, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 7 INDIANS LANGUISHING IN DUBAI JAIL
seven Indians are among 24 death row convicts currently languishing in jail in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- MARCH 12, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING GIRL
in Salem, India, the First Additional District Sessions court sentenced Palaniyammal...
- MARCH 3, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN TO DIE FOR MINOR'S RAPE, MURDER
in New Delhi, India, Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar sentenced Ranjeet, 28, of Bihar to death for raping and murdering a five-year-old girl on July 3, 2007, in Gopalpur, near Timarpur.
- MARCH 1, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN HONOUR KILLING INDIAN COUPLE FROM SAME CLAN
five people were sentenced to death for killing a couple from the same clan that married in 2007 in the northern Indian state of Haryana.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR LABOURER FOR RAPING, KILLING MINOR
in Hoshiarpur, India, Additional Session Judge Surinder Singh Sahni sentenced Mangal Singh, a migrant labourer from West Bengal, to death for raping and murdering a 5-year-old girl from Adda Saran village of the district on March 11, 2009.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR RAPE-MURDER
the Khandwa District Court in India awarded the death penalty to Rahul Rajput, 22, for raping and murdering an 18 year old woman.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER
in India, Kuchinda Additional District Judge Saroj Kumar Pati sentenced Arjun Teli...
- FEBRUARY 23, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE
a Kerala High Court Division Bench, comprising Justices Basant and HariRani...
- FEBRUARY 16, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING INFANT
Judge K.C. Garg of the Indore Sessions Court in Madhya Pradesh...