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
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COURT ACQUITS TWO DEATH-ROW
a division bench of Chief Justice Patel and Justice Roy of the Calcutta High Court in India acquitted Jahangir Alam and Anarul Haque for insufficient evidence.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: THREE HAVE DEATH SENTENCES CANCELLED
a Division Bench of Justice Satish Kumar and Justice M Jeyapaul of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in India cancelled the death penalties of three people.
FEBRUARY 21, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MUMBAI ATTACK
an appeals court in India confirmed the conviction and death sentence for the only surviving
- FEBRUARY 18, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF CHILD IN JAMSHEDPUR
in Jamshedpur, India, Additional district and sessions judge BK Sinha sentenced Sanjay...
- FEBRUARY 16, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC RELIEF FOR 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING MLA
the Indian Supreme Court commuted the death sentences of Sheo Shankar Singh and Umesh Singh to life imprisonment.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIAN SERVANT TO HANG FOR 'HOUSE OF HORRORS' MURDER
India's Supreme Court ordered domestic servant Surinder Koli...
- FEBRUARY 11, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: THREE AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING FIVE OF FAMILY
in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh, India, the fast track court-IV sentenced Umesh Shukla and his two sons to death for killed Shriniwas, his wife and his three sons over a land dispute on May 31, 2009, in Atrauli town.
- FEBRUARY 8, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
INDIAN IN UAE GETS DEATH SENTENCE
an Indian sailor, identified as AS, 25, was sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates for sexually assaulting and killing a woman who worked with him.
- FEBRUARY 3, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS FIVE DAUGHTERS
in Sehore, India, District and Sessions Judge Ved Prakash Sharma sentenced Magan Lalwho...
- FEBRUARY 1, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF A WIDOW
a bench of Justices Altamas Kabir and A K Pathak of the Indian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of B A Umesh for raping and murdering of a widow in Bangalore in 1999.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: BLOOD MONEY PAID IN SHARJAH COURT
eight Indians and two Pakistanis facing the death sentence in a murder case in the United Arab Emirates got a major reprieve as a Sharjah Sharia Court authorised the payment of blood money.
- JANUARY 29, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TAMIL NADU BUS BURNING: SC STAYS DEATH FOR 3
a bench of the Indian Supreme Court comprising Justices Reddy and Nijjar stayed the execution of AIADMK activists Nedu aka Nedunchezian, Madhu aka Ravichandran and C Muniappan.