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 10, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: CAMPAIGN AGAINST DEATH PENALTY STARTS FROM PUNJAB
a signature campaign against the death penalty was launched in India by the Dal Khalsa and the Khalsa Action Committee on the occasion of World Day against the Death Penalty.
- OCTOBER 8, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN ON DEATH ROW FOR KILLING CHILD ACQUITTED
a division bench of Justices Bilal Nazki and A R Joshi of the Bombay High Court in India acquitted Nallasopara resident Virendra Vasudev Sada, alias Shahrukh Khan, 28, of raping and murdering his neighbour's daughter.
- OCTOBER 7, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN TWO CASES
a man was awarded the death sentence by Fast track court Judge K R Jinan in Thodupuzha, India, for hacking to death his mother and maternal grandfather and two others.
- OCTOBER 7, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH CONVICT CLAIMS TO BE A JUVENILE
V. Selvam, sentenced to death in India for the rape and murder of a 10 year old girl at Jaihindpuram on October 22, 2006, claimed that he was a minor at the time of the crime.
- OCTOBER 5, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: KASHMIRI GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN RAJOURI
in occupied Kashmir, India, a local court in Rajouri awarded the death sentence to a Kashmiri
- OCTOBER 1, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
a court in the Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir, India, sentenced militia member Mohammad Younus, alias Amir Khan, to hang.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DR MAHAJAN MURDER CASE: DEATH SENTENCE QUASHED
in India, the Bombay High court quashed the death sentences of Leena Deosthali and her daughter Deepti.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COURT GRANTS DEATH TO FOUR ACCUSED
an ADJ (III) court in Ghaziabad, India, sentenced four men to death for the murder of four members of a family in Nabipur, Muradnagar.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR TEENAGER’S MURDER
in India, 3rd Additional Sessions Judge C J Akarte sentenced Rajesh Shivprasad Sakhre...
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC CAUTIONS GOVERNMENT AGAINST SITTING ON MERCY PLEAS
the Indian Supreme Court advised the government to expeditiously dispose of mercy pleas of prisoners sentenced to death.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC AWARDS DEATH TO MAN WHO HACKED WIFE, 5 CHILDREN
the Indian Supreme Court awarded capital punishment to a man identified as Jagdiah who hacked his wife and five children to death with a long knife on August 19, 2005.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: KHURSHID CALLS FOR RETHINK ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
in India a Union Minister called for a rethink on the issue of Capital punishment.