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
- JUNE 24, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian intellectuals were leading protests against...
Indian intellectuals were leading protests against capital punishment after a hangman came out of retirement to prepare for the first execution in Calcutta for more than a decade
- JUNE 23, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union (EU) handed over to India a demarche...
The European Union (EU) handed over to India a demarche asking it to think about abolishing capital punishment as the nation discussed the possible hanging of Dhananjoy Chatterjee a man convicted of the rape and murder of a teenager
- JUNE 13, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Major Singh and Baldev Singh were sentenced to death...
Major Singh and Baldev Singh were sentenced to death by an Additional District and Sessions Court in India after being convicted of killing their brother in law
- JUNE 12, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Four sadhus and a disciple of the Vadtal Swaminarayan...
Four sadhus and a disciple of the Vadtal Swaminarayan sect were sentenced to death by a Nadiad sessions court in India
- JUNE 9, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The West Bengal government was preparing for the state's...
The West Bengal government was preparing for the state's first hanging in decades
- MAY 21, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A Delhi Sessions Court sentenced to death a Pakistani...
A Delhi Sessions Court sentenced to death a Pakistani terrorist, Maqsood Ahmed, alias Ashraf Abbu Mujahid, for attacking a police encampment in Jarodha Kalan on the outskirts of Delhi, killing a man and grievously injuring his colleague on the night of Oc
- MAY 19, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Santosh Bariyar was sentenced to death by an Additional...
Santosh Bariyar was sentenced to death by an Additional Sessions court in India after it found him guilty of being the mastermind behind the murder of former national junior tennis champion R Kartikraj
- APRIL 30, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian serial killer Shashi Shekhar was ordered to...
Indian serial killer Shashi Shekhar was ordered to serve consecutive life terms after a judge told him the death sentence was not punishment enough for his crimes
- APRIL 21, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India rectified its vote on the anti death penalty...
India rectified its vote on the anti death penalty resolution approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, changing its stance from voting against to abstaining
- APRIL 21, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A man named Shivaprakash was sentenced by an Additional...
A man named Shivaprakash was sentenced by an Additional District and Sessions court in India after being found guilty of kidnapping and murdering a six-year-old boy, Praveen
- APRIL 21, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
In response to the adoption of a resolution for a moratorium...
In response to the adoption of a resolution for a moratorium on executions by the UN Commission on Human Rights, Debabrata Saha, a representative of India, said the international community had not yet reached consensus on the issue of capital punishment,
- APRIL 16, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Gnanaprakasham, Simon, M
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