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
- MARCH 1, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC BACKS THE DEATH PENALTY
in a setback to opponents of capital punishment, the Indian Supreme Court enlarged
- FEBRUARY 28, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC IMPOSES DEATH SENTENCE ON DUO FOR MURDER OF SIX
the Indian Supreme Court sentenced two people to death for murdering six members of a family in 1994 in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Additional Sessions Judge S. Soman (Fast Track Court-I) sentenced to death a 39-year-old man named Raju, alias Monkuttan, after finding him guilty of the murder of a scooter rider, Sunil Kumar, alias Podiyappan, near All Saints College junction in India o
- FEBRUARY 18, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: BANGALORE HC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY
the Karnataka High Court in India upheld the death penalty given to ex-CRPF soldier Umesh Reddy in a rape-cum-murder case.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN IN TRIPLE MURDER CASE
in India, Principal District and Sessions Court Judge, KC Kella, passed a death sentence in the Adityana triple murder case.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: NITHARI KILLINGS: GALLOWS FOR PANDHER, KOLI
businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his servant Surinder Koli were sentenced to death by a special court for the rape and murder of Rimpa Halder, 14, one of 19 victims in the sensational Nithari serial killings in India.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 3 MORE GET DEATH FOR BARA CARNAGE
Special TADA Court Judge Darogha Prasad awarded the death penalty to three Maoists in connection with the Bara massacre in India.
- JANUARY 31, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF GIRL
the District Sessions court sentenced a man to death for raping and murdering a four-year-old girl.
- JANUARY 21, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the Karnataka High court in India admitted an appeal by some jailed Deendar Anjuman activists against the death sentence awarded to 11 of them for their role in the church blasts that rocked Karnataka in 2000
the Karnataka High court in India admitted an appeal by some jailed Deendar Anjuman activists against the death sentence awarded to 11 of them for their role in the church blasts that rocked Karnataka in 2000
- JANUARY 21, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the Indian Supreme Court commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence awarded by the trial court to two brothers for violently killing their brother-in-law
the Indian Supreme Court commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence awarded by the trial court to two brothers for violently killing their brother-in-law
- JANUARY 19, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
SC QUESTIONS NHRC RECOMMENDATION FOR CLEMENCY TO DEATH ROW CONVICT
the Indian Supreme Court saw red over the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recommending clemency to a condemned prisoner, terming it not a fit case for a life sentence.
- JANUARY 18, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: ‘HANGING’ IN LIMBO: 11 AWAIT EXECUTION OF DEATH PENALTY
11 people awarded the death penalty by various courts in Haryana, India, have been waiting several years for their appeals to be heard