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
- JANUARY 25, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: VIOLATING SC ORDER, STATES KEEP DEATH ROW PRISONERS ISOLATED
in violation of Supreme Court directions, 28 persons are being kept in solitary confinement in various jails in India. Information under Right to Information (RTI) Act obtained by Navkiran Singh, a lawyer practicing in Punjab and Haryana High Court, revea
- JANUARY 25, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE IN SURAT
a three judge bench of the Indian Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of Ramesh Chandubhai Rathod to life imprisonment.
- JANUARY 17, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC RESERVES ORDER ON KASAB’S APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
the Bombay high court reserved its order on the appeal filed by Pakistani Ajmal Amir Kasab against the death sentence awarded to him for his role in the terror attacks.
- JANUARY 10, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BRUTALLY KILLING FATHER
in Delhi, India, Additional sessions judge Mr RK Gauba sentenced Jitender resident Nabi Karim, 25, to death and fined him Rs 5,000 for killing his father on March 13, 2008, as a sacrifice to a deity in 2008 to ward off troubles with his wife.
- JANUARY 6, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MEERUT FATHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, KILLING DAUGHTER
in Meerut, India, Additional district and sessions judge Shyam Vinod sentenced Ajay Kumar, a labourer from Bihar, to death for raping and killing his daughter Renu, 7, on May 16, 2008.
JANUARY 5, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: INDIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING DRUGS
A 27-year-old Indian was sentenced to death by a Malaysian court on charges
- JANUARY 1, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for by the Penal Code and by Art. 21 of the Constitution which states
The death penalty is provided for by the Penal Code and by Art. 21 of the Constitution which states