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 5, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE TERM FOR 4 OF A FAMILY
the Indian President commuted the death sentences of four unidentified members of a family
- OCTOBER 1, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAOIST KANGAROO COURTS EXECUTED 21 PEOPLE THIS YEAR: CHIDAMBARAM
Indian Home minister P Chidambaram said the Maoists had set up many kangaroo courts which brutally executed 21 people in public in 2010.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 11 DANDUPALYA GANGSTERS GET DEATH PENALTY
in Bangalore, India, judge H R Srinivas of the special court conducting trials in the
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MADRAS HC CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE IN CRIME CASE
a division bench of the Madras High Court in India comprising Justices M Chockalingam and M Sathyanarayanan upheld the death sentence awarded to Sundar, alias Sundararajan, 33, from Samayapuram, for kidnapping for ransom and murdering a seven-year-old boy
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: KOLI GETS DEATH IN THIRD CASE
in India, Special CBI judge A.K. Singh sentenced domestic helper Koli to death for brutally murdering Rachna, 8, in Noida on April 10, 2006.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR MINOR'S RAPE AND MURDER
judge AS Shiwankar of the Nagpur district and sessions court in India sentenced Vasanta Dupare, 47, to death for raping and killing Muskan, 4, at Wadi on April 3, 2008.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: KASAB CHALLENGES DEATH PENALTY IN BOMBAY HIGH COURT
Pakistani national Ajmal Kasab filed an appeal in the Bombay High Court in India challenging the death penalty awarded to him for killing 166 people on November 26, 2008.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: GIRL’S TESTIMONY CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DAD
Justices P V Hardas and A V Potdar of the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court in India sentenced Sunil Gaikwad, 35...
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED FOR MURDER
in Thiruvananthapuram, India, First Class Additional Session Court Judge P Somarajan sentenced D Lorenze, 41, to death for hacking his wife Valsala, 36, to death after a quarrel on October 10, 2007.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
at the Poonamallee Fast Track Court-I in Kancheepuram, India, Judge R. V. R. Dheenadhayalan sentenced Jayakumar to death and fined him Rs. 5000
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE ON MAN WHO RAPED MINOR
Justices M Chockalingam and M Sathyanarayanan of the Madras High Court in India confirmed the death sentence awarded to Selvam...
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: COURT WAIVES DEATH PENALTY TO 3 PUNJAB YOUTHS
the Appeal Sharia Court in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, commuted the death sentences