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 17, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: WOMENS ORGANISATIONS DEMAND HANGING OF RAPISTS
with the rising crimes against women in Meghalaya, several women’s organisations demanded the death penalty against the arrested people involved in the killing of two women.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA. FIGHT AGAINST DEATH PENALTY SET TO GET TOUGHER
with increasing support for tougher laws to deal with fundamentalist and extremist activities in India, the fight against death penalty is set to get tougher, former Additional Director of Central Bureau of Investigation V.R.Lakshminarayanan said.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MPHC CANCELS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
the Madhya Pradesh High Court in India cancelled the capital punishment of a man who was held guilty by a lower court for immolating eight people, including four women.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TEACHER GETS DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF STUDENT
disturbed by the recent spate in rape and murder of minors and determined to set a deterrent example, the Indian Supreme Court awarded the death penalty to a teacher, himself a father of three, for raping and murdering a 5th standard girl.
- AUGUST 29, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
a man in India was sentenced to death by a court for murdering a woman
a man in India was sentenced to death by a court for murdering a woman
AUGUST 29, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA. MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG PEDDLING
in only the second case of its kind in Ahmedabad state, a man was sentenced to death by a Nadiad
- AUGUST 13, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR DOWRY DEATH?
the Law Commission of India is planning to make the law regarding dowry death more stringent, hoping it would help restrain the occurrence of dowry related crimes.
- AUGUST 11, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TWO TAXI DRIVERS GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR KILLING AUSTRALIAN TOURIST
in a Delhi Court in India, two taxi drivers were sentenced to death for killing 59 year old Australian tourist Dawn Emilie Griggs after gang raping and robbing her in 2004.
- AUGUST 11, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC CAN FIX TENURE OF LIFE TERM IN LIEU OF DEATH PENALTY
the Indian Supreme Court ruled that in order to minimize the use of death penalty, it has the power to fix tenure of life imprisonment while substituting it for death sentence.
- AUGUST 8, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE, 2 KIDS
after the Punjab and Haryana High Court confirmed the death sentence of a man for killing his wife and two children in Jalandhar in March 2005, Judge BK Mehta of a local additional sessions court issued warrants for his execution on September 20.
- AUGUST 5, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: FOUR DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
four people were sentenced to death by a court in Lohardaga, India, for killing eight members of a family last year after a feud over land. District and Sessions Judge Goutam Kumar Choudhury pronounced the judgement against Mofil Khan, Mubark Khan, Wakil
- AUGUST 4, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: YOUTH GETS DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF MINOR GIRL
the Madurai District Court in India handed the death sentence to a 20 year old youth, charged with the rape and murder of a minor.