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 2, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE TO MAN CONVICTED OF RAPE, MURDER
a division bench of the Madras High Court in India, comprising justices C Nagappan and M Sathyanarayanan, upheld the death penalty of B Kumar, 34, a mason.
- AUGUST 1, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF TWO TO LIFE IN PRISON
Indian President Pratibha Patil commuted the death sentences of Sattan and Guddu of Uttar Pradesh to life imprisonment.
- JULY 30, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR THREE IN BUSINESSMAN MURDER CASE
at a fast track court in Narsinghpur, India, additional sessions judge S K Pandey sentenced Rahul Razak, 22, Satish Parochi, 26, and Ashok Vishwakarma, 35, to death for into murdering Pankaj Thakur, 23, at Bhedaghat on May 5, 2009.
- JULY 30, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: QASAB APPEALS AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
Pakistani national Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab, 23, appealed his death sentence to the Indian Supreme Court for the November 26, 2008, terror attacks in Mumbai.
- JULY 30, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SHUKLA MURDER CASE: ACCUSED GETS DEATH
Bhavan Sodha was sentenced to death by B A Gadhavi of the Jamnagar sessions court in India for killing teacher Ranjan Shukla and her two children, Devdutt and Komal, on July 13, 2000.
- JULY 29, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING KIDS
in Markapuram in India's Prakasam district, Sixth additional district sessions judge P Prabhakar sentenced Bandi Venkateswarlu to death and ten years imprisonment for killing the two children of his elder brother.
- JULY 27, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: SHARJAH COURT PARDONS 17 MEN ON DEATH ROW
the 17 Indian men on death row in the United Arab Emirates for murdering a Pakistani man were pardoned by a Sharjah court after the victim's family agreed to accept Dh3.4 million in blood money.
- JULY 19, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
DH3.4M BLOOD MONEY AGREEMENT REACHED FOR 17 INDIANS SENTENCED FOR MURDER
seventeen Indian men convicted of killing Pakistani labourer Misri Nazir Khan in the Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, in January 2009...
- JULY 15, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COLLEAGUES
second additional and sessions judge Manishankar Diwedi sentenced Sambhunath Lohar to death for killing his colleagues Biswanath Bagdi, 42, and Mohan Das, 47, in an oil mill in Sainthia, in India's Birbhum district, on September 10, 2010.
- JULY 4, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: FARMER GETS DEATH FOR KILLING GIRL
farmer Karam Srinivasa Dora, 32, from Pedabeerampalli village
JUNE 24, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 4 MAOISTS GET DEATH FOR J'KHAND MASSACRE
judge Indradeo Mishra of the Giridih additional district and sessions court in India
- JUNE 20, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA: INDIAN NATIONAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN TANZANIA
Indian national Vinoth Nadhesan was sentenced to death by Tanzanian High Court Judge Faudhi Twaibu for murder, the 'Daily News' reported.