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 15, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. GUJARAT COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
a fast track sessions court in Bhuj, India, sentenced to death Shahnawaz Abdul Gafur, a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist, after finding him guilty of waging war against the nation.
- OCTOBER 10, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. PUDR CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY IN INDIA
the People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) called for the abolition of death penalty in India calling it an archaic form of punishment which upheld the ''savage'' norm of an eye-for-an-eye and violated the right to life, a principle on which humane c
- OCTOBER 9, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. WORLD DAY AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
on the eve of the 'World Day Against the Death Penalty’, Amnesty International (AI) undertook a silent march from
- OCTOBER 7, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HIGH COURT COMMUTES STUDENT'S DEATH SENTENCE
the Andhra Pradesh High Court, India, commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence of Yelchuri Manohar, a 24 year old student convicted of murdering his classmate.
- OCTOBER 6, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF HUSBAND
the Malda fast track court, India, sentenced to death Chandana Mandal after she was found guilty of killing her husband.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India. HC upholds death sentence for tourist's murderer
the Allahabad High Court, India, confirmed the death sentence awarded to Dharam Deo Yadav, an accused in the murder case of Diana Clare Routley, a New Zealander who visited India in 1997.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS MOTHER
a fast track court in Bihar, India, sentenced to death Mohammad Khalid for killing his mother Sobra Khatoon.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. COURT UPHOLDS SARABJIT SINGH'S DEATH SENTENCE
Pakistan's Supreme Court upheld a death sentence imposed on Sarabjit Singh, an alleged Indian spy, for a bombing that killed four people in 1990, court officials said.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH PENALTY FOR SWAMI SHRADDHANAND UPHELD
the Karnataka High Court upheld the death sentence on Swami Shraddhanand, who had been found guilty of the sensational murder of his wife Shakereh.
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India. Pakistan court says Indian ‘spy’ deserved death
the death sentence handed to Sarabjit Singh, an Indian national convicted of spying and carrying out a series of bomb attacks, was "well deserved", Pakistan's top court said in its detailed judgement upholding the penalty. Singh was convicted in 1991 by a
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. EIGHT PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Barrackpore Fast Track First Court, India, sentenced eight people to death in connection with the murder of Archideb Bhattacharya, a private tutor and small-time businessman, in the Kharda police station area of North 24 Parganas district.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. FORMER ARMY MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF WIFE
Mission Suklavaidya, 41, a former army man, was sentenced to death by the Hailakandi district and sessions court, after being convicted of murdering his wife under Sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code. Suklavaidya’s accomplice, Uttam Chakra-borty