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 29, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HAWARA FILES APPEAL
the prime accused in the Beant Singh assassination case in India, Jagtar Singh Hawara, filed an appeal against his conviction and death sentence in the Punjab and Haryana High Court
- AUGUST 28, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER
the Jharkhand High Court, India, upheld the death sentence awarded by a lower court to Ajay Kumar Pal for killing family members of the conservator of forest, Dhirendra Kumar, four years ago.
- AUGUST 27, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER ACCUSED RESERVED
the Bombay High Court in India reserved the order for the confirmation of death sentences awarded to three people in the 2004 Vasai murder case by the Palghar Sessions Court.
- AUGUST 22, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the High Court in Chhattisgarh, India...
the High Court in Chhattisgarh, India...
- AUGUST 20, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIANS ON DEATH ROW SEEK PARDON
two Indian nationals sentenced to death on drug smuggling charges in Saudi Arabia appealed to King Abdullah for clemency on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.
- AUGUST 18, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCES FOR SIX IN PATNA FOR KIDNAPPING
ADJ Ram Pravesh Sharma, at a fast track court in Patna, India, awarded capital punishment to six people for kidnapping and murdering a 13 year old schoolboy.
- AUGUST 10, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court in India severely castigated the Allahabad High Court..
the Supreme Court in India severely castigated the Allahabad High Court...
- AUGUST 10, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the Indian Supreme Court commuted Kulwinder Singh’s death sentence to life imprisonment.
the Indian Supreme Court commuted Kulwinder Singh’s death sentence to life imprisonment.
- AUGUST 6, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: FTC AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF 13 WOMEN
Judge M Pugazhendhi of the Fast Track Court in Virudhachalam...
- AUGUST 4, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: FOUR SIBLINGS AMONG FIVE AWARDED DEATH FOR TRIPLE MURDER
four siblings were among the five people sentenced to death by a court in Meerut, India for murdering three people over a land dispute four years ago.
- AUGUST 2, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: CLERIC GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING WIFE
a former cleric has been sentenced to death by a West Bengal court in India for killing his pregnant wife in 2005.
- AUGUST 1, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
IHRO OPPOSES DEATH SENTENCE TO BEANT KILLERS
the International Human Rights Organisation (IHRO) expressed its opposition to the death sentences issued by a Chandigarh court, India, to Jagtar Singh Hawara and Balwant Singh in the Beant Singh murder case as every execution violates the fundamental hum