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
- AUGUST 12, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 3 GET GALLOWS FOR KILLING 10 IN ARA VILLAGE
in Ara, India, Additional district and sessions court-I judge Ajay Kumar Srivastava...
- AUGUST 9, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC UPHOLDS DEATH FOR MAN IN TRIPLE MURDER CASE
Justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan of the Indian Supreme Court sentenced ...
- AUGUST 9, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
SARABJIT SINGH'S DEATH SENTENCE 'STAYED' BY MUSHARRAF GOVERNMENT: ZARDARI'S OFFICE
Pakistan said that Indian national Sarabjit Singh's mercy petition is not pending in President Asif Ali Zardari's office, as his execution was already stayed by the 'previous government'.
- JULY 30, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR SIX IN DOUBLE-MURDER CASE
a local court in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district in India sentenced six people to death for murdering Mubarak Hussain and his nephew Shah Alam on August 25, 2000, over a political rivalry.
- JULY 30, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DOUBLE DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Cuddalore, India, Mahila Court Sessions judge K.Ashokan sentenced Sundararajan...
- JULY 28, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC ACQUITS MAN WHO WAS AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE BY LOWER COURT
a Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court in India comprising Justice Yatindra Singh and Justice Surendra Singh acquitted the death sentence of Kanhaiya.
- JULY 15, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: WOMAN, PARAMOUR GET DEATH PENALTY
a court in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha district in India sentenced a woman and her paramour, identified as Shabnam and Saleem, to death for killing members of her family in Bawankheri village on April 14, 2008, over property.
- JULY 14, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
BOMBAY HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF 6 CONVICTS TO LIFE TERM
in India, Justices A P Lawande and R C Chauhan of the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court commuted the death sentences of 6 people to life imprisonment.
- JULY 14, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: CASE OF 17 INDIANS ON DEATH ROW IN UAE ADJOURNED TO SEPT 1
the hearing in the appeals for 17 Indians sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates for killing a Pakistani man was adjourned for the third time by a Sharjah Court of Appeals, saying that it wanted an official interpreter for the convicts.
- JULY 12, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: THREE GET DEATH IN UAE FOR KILLING NRI FROM KERALA
three men from Kerala, India, M Sakkaria, K T Basheer and T K Anvar, were sentenced to death by a Sharia court in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, for murder.
- JULY 12, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: SHARJAH WORKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
in the United Arab Emirates, the Sharjah Sharia Court of First Instance sentenced Indian worker S.S. to death for beating an unidentified man to death who tried to rob him, a judicial official said.
- JULY 9, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: VASANT KUNJ MURDERS: HELP GETS DEATH
in Delhi, India, Additional Sessions Judge S K Sarvaria sentenced domestic help Mithilesh Kumar Singh to death for killing Surjit Kaur, 60, and her grandson Karamveer, 12, in March 2007 at Vasant Kunj and robbing them.