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
- APRIL 1, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN DSP MURDER CASE
Justice R P Asthana of the Fast Track Court in Saharsa...
- MARCH 30, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
HARYANA (INDIA): 5 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in a landmark judgement in a Haryana (India) honour killing case, a court awarded capital
- MARCH 30, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING CHILD
at a court in Bihar, India, Additional District and Sessions Judge Umesh Chandra Mishra sentenced Raju Singh to death for abducting three-year-old Sundaram and then killing him at Amatha village in the district on May 10, 2009.
- MARCH 29, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH PENALTY FOR 17 INDIANS IN UAE
a court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced 17 Indian nationals to death for killing a Pakistani man after a
- MARCH 25, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MP HOUSE CLEARS TOUGH TERROR LAW
the Madhya Pradesh Assembly in India passed a stringent law that provides for capital punishment when terror attacks, disruptive activities and organised crimes result in death.
- MARCH 22, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COURT REJECTS MURDER CONVICT’S CLEMENCY PLEA
Justices P V Hardas and S P Davare of the Bombay high court in India rejected the clemency plea of Nandurbar resident Sumanbai Mahire, 58.
MARCH 19, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ANTI-HIJACKING LAW GETS TOUGHER, DEATH SENTENCE INCLUDED AS PUNISHMENT
The UPA government made the anti-hijacking law much tougher by including death sentence as a punishment.
- MARCH 18, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA TWO ON DEATH ROW ACQUITTED IN MURDER CASE
Kumaran and Senbagam were acquitted by Justices Chockalingam and Karnan of the Madras High Court in India.
- MARCH 16, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: A DEATH SENTENCE BASED ON LAB TESTS
in India, a Supreme Court Bench comprising Justices M K Sharma and H L Dattu upheld the death sentence of servant Ajay Kumar Pal for murdering his employer Dhirandra Kumar’s family in Ranchi on June 1, 2003.
- MARCH 14, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 7 INDIANS LANGUISHING IN DUBAI JAIL
seven Indians are among 24 death row convicts currently languishing in jail in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- MARCH 12, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING GIRL
in Salem, India, the First Additional District Sessions court sentenced Palaniyammal...
- MARCH 3, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN TO DIE FOR MINOR'S RAPE, MURDER
in New Delhi, India, Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar sentenced Ranjeet, 28, of Bihar to death for raping and murdering a five-year-old girl on July 3, 2007, in Gopalpur, near Timarpur.