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 30, 2008Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYUAE. FORMER INMATE SAVES TWO FRIENDS FROM DEATH ROW
an Indian and a Sri Lankan were saved from death row in the United Arab Emirates by
- MAY 28, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA AFTER 13 YRS, BHAGALPUR READIES HANGMAN NOOSE
the Bhagalpur Central Jail in India will be witnessing its first execution in 13 years.
- MAY 22, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: WE ARE STUDYING THE DEATH PENALTY: NHRC CHIEF
the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is independently studying the validity of the death penalty in India, says its chief, Justice (Retd) S. Rajendra Babu
- MAY 21, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIAN CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SEEK AFZAL GURU'S RELEASE
several Indian civil liberties and democratic rights organisations sought the immediate release of Mohammed Afzal Guru, who was falsely implicated in the Indian parliament attack case on December 13, 2001, and awarded capital punishment.
- MAY 18, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE IN HIGHWAY MURDER CASE
the first accused in the sensational Kanichukulangara highway triple murder case that rocked Kerala in 2005 was sentenced to death
- MAY 16, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR CHILD MURDER AND RAPE
the Indian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for the rape and murder of two minors in December 1999 in Satara district of Maharashtra.
MAY 14, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA. DEATH SENTENCE FOR ACCUSED IN MULTIPLE CAB DRIVER MURDERS
in India, Additional Sessions Judge Balbir Singh awarded the death sentence to a man accused
- MAY 12, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE OF SIXTH MUMBAI BLAST CONVICT SUSPENDED
the Indian Supreme Court temporarily suspended the capital punishment awarded to a convict for killing 88 people during the 1993 serial bombings in Mumbai.
- MAY 7, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE, MURDER
the Orissa High Court in India upheld a death sentence awarded by a lower court and confirmed the conviction terming it as “rarest of the rare” incident.
- MAY 2, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY URGES INDIA TO BAND EXECUTIONS
Rights group Amnesty International urged the Indian government to impose an immediate moratorium on executions and move to abolish the death penalty.
- APRIL 30, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC UPHOLDS DEATH TERM TO FATHER FOR MURDERING SONS
the Punjab and Haryana High Court in India upheld the death sentence...
- APRIL 30, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC RESERVES VERDICT ON SHRADHANANDA'S PLEA AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
the Indian Supreme Court reserved its verdict on a petition filed by Swami Shradhananda, alias Murli Manohar Mishra, challenging his death sentence handed down for burying his wife alive in 1991.