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 31, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 17 INDIANS ON DEATH ROW IN UAE WIN REPRIEVE -REPORTS
seventeen Indians convicted of killing a Pakistani man had their death sentences overturned by Judge Abdullah Yousef al-Shamsi of the Sharjah Court of Appeals in United Arab Emirates after the victim's family agreed to pardon them in return for financial
- DECEMBER 23, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDERS IN 7 MONTHS
Singrauli, India, Additional District Judge P C Gupta sentenced Santosh Singh to death for murdering Gulam Mohammad's wife and son on May 7, 2010...
- DECEMBER 20, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 6 GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING COUPLE AND THEIR SON
in Kashiramnagar, India, Additional District Justice Bani Singh Hirak sentenced 6 people to death for conspiring to murder for land in the district on February 25, 2009.
- DECEMBER 10, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DANDUPALYA GANG MOVES HC AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
the Indian High Court admitted the appeals filed by six members of the dreaded Dandupalya gang challenging their death penalties for robbing and murdering Jayalakshmi in Chamarajpet on October 30, 2000.
- DECEMBER 10, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: BOMBAY HIGH COURT COMMUTES CONVICT’S DEATH PENALTY TO LIFE
the Bombay High Court in India commuted the death sentence of Ravindra Kamble, 25, convicted for the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl outside the Nerli village in Kolhapur district, to life imprisonment.
- DECEMBER 9, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE, MURDER
in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, in India, District and Sessions Judge M.Satish Kumar sentenced Kumar...
DECEMBER 9, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE TO INDIAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Malaysian court sentenced a 41-year-old Indian national to death for drug trafficking.
- DECEMBER 1, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED FOR KILLING WIFE
a court in Kerala, India, Ernakulam Sessions Court Judge B Kamal Pasha sentenced Unni...
- NOVEMBER 30, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
in India, Principal District & Sessions Judge S B Shukre sentenced Anil alias Anthony Arikswamy Joseph, 35, from Aaykar Bhavan, to death for murdering Lakhan Mano-har Vaidya, 10, after sodomising him on January 10, 2008
- NOVEMBER 27, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: THREE MURDER ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH
in India, Ghaziabad Additional District and Session Judge R K Uppadhaya sentenced Pramod Kumar, 24, Hari Om Tyagi, 26, and Nirdosh, 23, to death and fined them Rs 5,000 each for shooting dead cable operator Amit in Modinagar in 2003.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE
Justices Alam and Ganguly of the Indian Supreme Court commuted to life imprisonment the death penalty awarded to Remdeo Chauhan, alias Rajnath Chauhan, for murdering Bhabani Charan Das and his three family members on 8 March, 1992.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: LUDHIANA COP SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF THREE
in Ludhiana, India, Additional Sessions Judge Manjider Singh sentenced constable Jarnail Singh to death for murdering Harbans Singh and his sons Bhagwant and Beant in 2004 over an old grudge. The court has also fined Jarnail Rs 5000.