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
- JULY 31, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH SENTENCE FOR TWO IN BEANT SINGH ASSASSINATION CASE
Jagtar Singh Hawara and Balwant Singh, two of the six convicts in the assassination of Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, were sentenced to death in India.
- JULY 27, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: '93 MUMBAI BLASTS: DEATH FOR YAKUB MEMON
Yakub Memon, the chartered accountant brother of prime accused Tiger Memon, was sentenced to death by the special TADA court hearing in India’s 1993 serial blasts case.
- JULY 26, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: YOUTH SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR GIRL’S MURDER
the VI Additional District Judge P Sridhar Rao sentenced C. Kishore to death for murder.
- JULY 25, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. ’93 BLASTS: 3 MORE GET DEATH PENALTY
in the 1993 Mumbai bombings case in India, the special TADA
- JULY 25, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 1993 BLASTS: ONE GETS DEATH SENTENCE
Farooq Pawle was sentenced to death by Special TADA judge P D Kode for planting vehicle bombs near the Air India building and Sena Bhavan during the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai, India.
- JULY 21, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. ANOTHER DEATH SENTENCE IN MUMBAI BLASTS CASE
the sentencing in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case in India continued.
- JULY 19, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. PROPOSAL- DEATH FOR COERCING KIDS INTO ILLEGAL ACTS
troubled by atrocities against children that are increasing rapidly, the
- JULY 19, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH TO 3 MORE IN 1993 MUMBAI BLASTS CASE
three men were given death sentences by a special Tada court in India for the 1993 Mumbai bombings...
- JULY 17, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. THREE DEATH SENTENCES FOR 1993 MUMBAI BLAST
Justice Pramod Kode handed the death sentence to Parvez Shaikh, Mushtaq
- JULY 12, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SAUDI ARABIA
Sheik Mastaan, alias Mohammed Salim, was sentenced to death by the Sharia court of Dammam in Saudi Arabia for allegedly transporting narcotic drugs.
- JULY 2, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIAN ARMY TROOPER GETS DEATH PENALTY
in occupied Kashmir, India, an Army Summary Court Martial sentenced a soldier...
- JUNE 30, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING WIFE
Additional District and Sessions Judge Anandarup Jaydeep Sharma sentenced Rama Swami to death for killing his wife Suryakanti in April 2006.