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 18, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF MINORS
a notorious criminal who killed three girls after raping them was awarded death sentence by the Bhavnagar Joint District Court in India.
- OCTOBER 10, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: BIHAR COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR MURDERING FATHER
a fast track court in Muzaffarpur district in Bihar, India, awarded the death penalty to a man for killing his own father, court sources said.
- OCTOBER 10, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DOMESTIC HELP GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
Vidya Shankar Patel, the Additional District Judge (IV) of Kanpur City in India...
- OCTOBER 10, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
LAW COMMISION: DOWRY DEATH DOESN’T DESERVE DEATH SENTENCE
LAW COMMISION: DOWRY DEATH DOESN’T DESERVE DEATH SENTENCE
- OCTOBER 5, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR TRIPLE MURDER
a court in Vadodara, India, sentenced a man to death in a triple murder case...
- OCTOBER 4, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: JUDGES DIFFER ON DEATH SENTENCE FOR UMESH REDDY
the Karnataka High Court in India delivered a split verdict on a lower court order sentencing notorious criminal Umesh Reddy to death for murder and rape.
- OCTOBER 3, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PATNA COURT GRANTS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT TO ANAND MOHAN
the Patna Civil court in India awarded the death sentence to former parliamentarian Anand Mohan and his co-conspirators Bikramganj Akhlaq Ahmed and Arun Kumar Sinha for the lynching of Gopalganj District Magistrate G Krishnaiah in 1994.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: EXECUTION OF MURDER CONVICT STAYED
the execution of murder convict Ajay Kumar Pal, scheduled for early morning on September 27, was stayed after the Supreme Court admitted his special leave petition.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INDIA LAUNCHES ONLINE CAMPAIGN FOR DEATH PENALTY BAN
the Indian branch of Amnesty International launched an online campaign seeking to ban the death penalty. The human rights watchdog also called on New Delhi to support the resolution for the Universal Moratorium on capital punishment to be presented at the
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR RED FORT ACCUSED UPHELD
the Delhi High Court in India upheld the death sentence to Pakistani Lashkar-e-Toiba militant Mohd Ashfaq in the seven year old Red Fort attack case.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SERVANT TO BE HANGED FOR BURNING FIVE PEOPLE ALIVE
Ajay Pal, a domestic servant and resident of West Bengal, who killed five members of a Ranchi official's family four years ago was sentenced to be hanged on September 27 by the Jharkhand High Court in India.
- AUGUST 30, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BURNING WIFE TO DEATH
a man was convicted by a fast track court in Mehsana, India, for killing his wife by setting her on fire.