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
- OCTOBER 7, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A fast track court in Godhra in the Indian state of...
A fast track court in Godhra in the Indian state of Gujarat, sentenced to death Ratansinh alias Anupsinh Chauhan after convicting him of raping and murdering a six year old girl on August 16, 2003
- OCTOBER 7, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Delhi, India, sentenced a 59-year-old man...
A court in Delhi, India, sentenced a 59-year-old man to death and his two young sons to life imprisonment in a triple murder case at Saket in South Delhi in 1998
- OCTOBER 6, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court, India, confirmed...
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court, India, confirmed the death sentence by the Kollam Sessions Court awarded to Rama Subramanian alias Mani for murdering his employer- a widow and her three children
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A sessions court in India awarded capital punishment...
A sessions court in India awarded capital punishment to a person for killing a farmer to acquire his property and also sentenced three builders to life imprisonment for participating in the conspiracy
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A court in New Delhi, India, sentenced two men to death...
A court in New Delhi, India, sentenced two men to death after finding them guilty of committing three murders
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
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It was reported that V
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Virendra Kumar and Vinod Yadav were sentenced to death...
Virendra Kumar and Vinod Yadav were sentenced to death by a fast track court in Bihar state's Bhagalpur district, India, after they were convicted of raping and killing an eight-year-old girl on August 5, 1998
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The crimes were the same
The crimes were the same
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A Delhi court, India, sentenced to death Brijkishore...
A Delhi court, India, sentenced to death Brijkishore alias Bittu for killing another person by stabbing him 23 times on a road
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
According to the Internet edition of Pakistani daily...
According to the Internet edition of Pakistani daily Dawn, studies show that most of those executed in India are illiterate, poor and vulnerable
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Despite having 69 death row prisoners, it was reported...
Despite having 69 death row prisoners, it was reported that the Indian state of Bihar had no hangman
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Renuka Kiran Shinde, 29, and Seema Mohan Gavit, 27,...
Renuka Kiran Shinde, 29, and Seema Mohan Gavit, 27, had their death sentences given to them in 2001 by a trial court confirmed by the Bombay High Court in India