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
- AUGUST 5, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The father of death-row convict Dhananjoy Chatterjee...
The father of death-row convict Dhananjoy Chatterjee criticised President A
- AUGUST 5, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia executed Indian national Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey...
Indonesia executed Indian national Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey arrested in 1994 for drug smuggling, carrying out its first execution in three years
- AUGUST 4, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian President Abdul Kalam rejected a mercy plea...
Indian President Abdul Kalam rejected a mercy plea for Dhananjoy Chatterjee, a man convicted of raping and killing a teenage girl, paving the way for India's first execution in 15 years
- JULY 31, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)...
The Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) launched an exercise to mobilise public opinion against the death sentence of Dhananjay Chatterjee, a man convicted of raping and murdering a teenage girl in West Bengal
- JULY 27, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Dileswar Barik was sentenced to death by a Sessions...
Dileswar Barik was sentenced to death by a Sessions court in Sundergarh, India, for killing six people in 2003
- JULY 25, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that an overwhelming number of judges...
It was reported that an overwhelming number of judges who responded to the Indian Law Commission on ways to execute death penalty, favoured lethal injection as an additional mode
- JULY 21, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian government announced it had no plans to...
The Indian government announced it had no plans to abolish the death sentence
- JULY 20, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Foreigners condemned to death in Saudi Arabia typically...
Foreigners condemned to death in Saudi Arabia typically were unaware of their sentences and had no advance notice of their date of execution, according to former prisoners in the Arab kingdom
- JULY 17, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Government of India's Ministry of Health & Family...
The Government of India's Ministry of Health & Family Welfare issued the following press release: 'The government proposes to amend the Drugs and Cosmetics Act on the basis of recommendations made by Mashalkar Committee?
- JULY 13, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian embassy asked Indonesian authorities to...
The Indian embassy asked Indonesian authorities to spare the life of Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey, an Indian national who was facing a firing squad for drug trafficking
- JULY 13, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The fourth additional district court of Indore, India,...
The fourth additional district court of Indore, India, sentenced to death a man named Ganesh, accused of killing his wife and four children on April 9, 2002
- JULY 9, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Bombay High Court confirmed the death sentence...
The Bombay High Court confirmed the death sentence awarded by a lower court to Shivaji Shankar Alhalt, a 42-year-old labourer from Junnar near Pune, for the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl