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
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH PENALTY TO MAN FOR BURNING 5
Justices V S Sirpurkar and A K Pattnaik of the Indian Supreme Court sentenced Sunder Singh to death for burning five members of a family to death on June 30, 1989.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PRESIDENT COMMUTES 14 DEATH SENTENCES INTO LIFE TERMS
Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil commuted the death
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH IN MURDER CASE
in Nagercoil, India, district sessions judge Saravanan sentenced Anbarasu to death for murdering Malik Mohammed, 75, his wife Katheeja Beevi, 65, and watchman Gnanaprakasam, 71, on November 12, 2007, as revenge after he was fired.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: EIGHT YEAR DELAY IN SC HEARING ALLOWS MAN TO ESCAPE GALLOWS
in India, the Delhi High Court commuted the death sentence of Ajit Seth for murdering Sunny Arora, 7, and Shikha Arora, 3, to life imprisonment because the Supreme Court took eight years to decide the case.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE
a Division Bench the Karnataka High Court in India comprising Justices Rao and Pinto upheld the death sentences of Madhurnath, Rafiq and Jayanna of Anandpuram in Sagar taluk for robbing and murdering ginger merchant Madhusudan in Sagar on August 8, 2005.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: BOMBAY HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF MURDERER TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
the division bench of justices Ranjana Desai and VK Tahilramani of the Bombay high court in India commuted the death sentence issued by the Sessions Court to Kamlakar Shinde, 25, for murdering and robbing his aunt Draupadi Shinde, 55, in July 2007, to lif
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC STAYS DEATH SENTENCE OF TWO AKSHARDHAM TERROR ATTACK CONVICTS
Justices Reddy and Nijjar of the Indian Supreme Court stayed the death penalty awarded to Adambhai Sulemanbhai Ajmeri and Abdul Kayum in the 2002 Akshardham temple terror attack case.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR WOMAN'S MURDER
Justices Rao and Pinto of the Karnataka High Court in India upheld the March 28, 2009...
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 17 INDIANS ON DEATH ROW SAY THEY WERE TORTURED FOR CONFESSION
seventeen Indian workers on death row in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, for the murder of a Pakistani man told an appeals court that the police extracted their confession after torturing them.
- AUGUST 31, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE TO 3 ADMK WORKERS UPHELD
Justices Singhvi and Chauhan the Indian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence awarded to AIADMK workers C Muniappan, Ravindran and Nedunchezhian.
AUGUST 27, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PRESIDENTIAL PARDON FOR OLDEST DEATH ROW CONVICT
Indian President Pratibha Patil has commuted the death sentence of 75- year- old Shobhit
- AUGUST 19, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: BILL TO AWARD DEATH PENALTY TO PLANE HIJACKERS
the Indian government introduced the Anti-Hijacking (Amendment) Bill 2010 in the Rajya Sabha to award the death penalty to those involved in the hijacking of civilian planes.