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
- DECEMBER 21, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: ASSAM MAN GIVEN DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER
judge Mazed Ali of the Kamrup Additional District and Sessions court in India awarded the death penalty to Sujit Biswas, now 23, for the rape and murder of Seema Khatun, 3, in Paltan Bazar on October 18, 2007.
- DECEMBER 21, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 2 AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
two brothers were awarded the death sentence in Allahabad, India, by Fast Track Court Judge D P N Singh.
- DECEMBER 18, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH PENALTY
in Ahmedabad, India, the Gujarat government reintroduced the death penalty clause in a bill aimed at stopping the sale of illicit liquor and it passed the Assembly without any changes.
- DECEMBER 11, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
Justices K.K. Mishra and D.V. Sharma of the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court in India commuted the death sentence awarded by the Lakhimpur-Kheri District and Sessions court to Pawan Kumar, alias Monu Mittal, to life imprisonment.
- DECEMBER 11, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC COMMUTES SENTENCE IN HONOUR KILLINGS CASE
Justices VS Sirpurkar and Deepak Verma of the Indian Supreme Court commuted the death sentences of Dilip Narayan Tiwari, Manoj Paswan and Sunil Ramashray Yadav to 25 years imprisonment.
- DECEMBER 5, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN AWARDED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER
in India, a man identified as Sanjay was sentenced to death.
- DECEMBER 2, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: GHAZIABAD: SIX GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING FOUR
in India, the Ghaziabad district court sentenced six men to death for killing four women of a family on November 24, 2005, over a land-related dispute.
- DECEMBER 2, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF JILTED LOVER TO LIFE TERM
the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court in India commuted the death sentence of Tulsiram Potavi, 27, to life imprisonment due to his young age and clean criminal record.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING WIFE, KIDS
in Jalandhar, India, District and Sessions Judge R P Nagrath sentenced Charanjit Singh to death
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS NOOSE FOR KILLING 12-YR-OLD BOY
in Thrissur, India, District and Sessions Judge B Kemal Pasha awarded capital punishment to Hamsu, 29, for murder.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: GOVT COMMUTED DEATH SENTENCE OF GOVINDASAMY
the death sentence of R. Govindasamy was commuted to life imprisonment under Article 72 of the Constitution of India in November, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram revealed.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 2 GET DEATH FOR MURDERS
in Rohtak, India, Additional Sessions Judge Puneesh Jindia sentenced Sangeet and Narender to death and fined them Rs 7000 each.