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
- JANUARY 8, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE TERM
Pappu Paswan had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
- JANUARY 8, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WOMAN'S MURDER
in Barasat, India, a fast track court sentenced 10 people to death for the murder of a jeweller's wife at Kanchrapara.
- JANUARY 7, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SUPREME COURT STAYS SURINDER KOLI'S DEATH SENTENCE
Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan and Justice BS Chauhan of the Indian Supreme Court stayed the death sentence of Surinder Koli
- JANUARY 1, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for by the Penal Code and by Art. 21 of the Constitution which states
The death penalty is provided for by the Penal Code and by Art. 21 of the Constitution which states
- DECEMBER 21, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: ASSAM MAN GIVEN DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER
judge Mazed Ali of the Kamrup Additional District and Sessions court in India awarded the death penalty to Sujit Biswas, now 23, for the rape and murder of Seema Khatun, 3, in Paltan Bazar on October 18, 2007.
- DECEMBER 21, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 2 AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
two brothers were awarded the death sentence in Allahabad, India, by Fast Track Court Judge D P N Singh.
- DECEMBER 18, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH PENALTY
in Ahmedabad, India, the Gujarat government reintroduced the death penalty clause in a bill aimed at stopping the sale of illicit liquor and it passed the Assembly without any changes.
- DECEMBER 11, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
Justices K.K. Mishra and D.V. Sharma of the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court in India commuted the death sentence awarded by the Lakhimpur-Kheri District and Sessions court to Pawan Kumar, alias Monu Mittal, to life imprisonment.
- DECEMBER 11, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC COMMUTES SENTENCE IN HONOUR KILLINGS CASE
Justices VS Sirpurkar and Deepak Verma of the Indian Supreme Court commuted the death sentences of Dilip Narayan Tiwari, Manoj Paswan and Sunil Ramashray Yadav to 25 years imprisonment.
- DECEMBER 5, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN AWARDED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER
in India, a man identified as Sanjay was sentenced to death.
- DECEMBER 2, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: GHAZIABAD: SIX GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING FOUR
in India, the Ghaziabad district court sentenced six men to death for killing four women of a family on November 24, 2005, over a land-related dispute.
- DECEMBER 2, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF JILTED LOVER TO LIFE TERM
the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court in India commuted the death sentence of Tulsiram Potavi, 27, to life imprisonment due to his young age and clean criminal record.