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 15, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Sago Gham Mrogan, an Indian man convicted of smuggling...
Sago Gham Mrogan, an Indian man convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia was beheaded, the Interior Ministry said
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Three gangsters of Dubai-based organisation were given...
Three gangsters of Dubai-based organisation were given capital punishment for a murderous attack on former city mayor Milind Vaidya in March 1999
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A Ugandan Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence...
A Ugandan Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence passed by the High Court against two Indian brothers, Kooky Sharmar and Davinder Kumar, for killing Kooky's wife Renu Joshi in 1997
- AUGUST 29, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Pondicherry Chief Sessions Judge, handed down a...
The Pondicherry Chief Sessions Judge, handed down a death sentence to 27-year-old Kamal Shah in the sensational Parvathi Shah murder case
- AUGUST 18, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian, Abdel Mussa Sheikh Mussa was decapitated...
An Indian, Abdel Mussa Sheikh Mussa was decapitated by the sword in Riyadh, the Saudi Interior Ministry said
- AUGUST 18, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Five people, including two women, were condemned to...
Five people, including two women, were condemned to death for killing 12 people in Odra village in March 1994
- AUGUST 13, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Session court in Sidharthnagar...
The Additional District and Session court in Sidharthnagar sentenced to death Ramji Tiwari for shooting dead four persons in Chaurihari village in the Sidharthnagar area in October, 1997
- AUGUST 1, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court in New Delhi upheld the death sentence...
The Supreme Court in New Delhi upheld the death sentence imposed on an [unidentified] Indian man
- JULY 22, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A number of Indian legal experts and social rights...
A number of Indian legal experts and social rights activists called for the abolition of the death penalty in the country, saying it had no deterring effect as perceived in some quarters
- JULY 5, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A division bench of the Allahabad High Court set aside...
A division bench of the Allahabad High Court set aside the death sentence on three prisoners for committing two murders in Etah on July 20, 1999
- JUNE 12, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Qatar said it had executed three Indians for murder,...
Qatar said it had executed three Indians for murder, the first time the Gulf Arab state has imposed the death penalty in over three decades
- JUNE 11, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man convicted of smuggling...
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man convicted of smuggling drugs into the kingdom