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
- OCTOBER 10, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SUPREME COURT STAYS AJMAL KASAB’S DEATH SENTENCE
the Indian Supreme Court stayed the execution of 26/11 terror attack accused and Pakistani national Ajmal Amir Kasab and admitted his appeal against his death penalty.
- OCTOBER 8, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: LAWYER GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING PREGNANT WIFE
in Jammu, India, Principal Sessions Judge Jammu Jang Bhadur Singh...
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC REDUCES DEATH PENALTY TO LIFE TERM
the Indian Supreme Court commuted the death sentence issued by the Bombay High Court to Sham Kishor Bhaskarrao Matkari to life imprisonment, finding it was not in the rarest of the rare category.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: INDIAN NATIONAL TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Malaysian High Court Justice Datuk Wira Mohtarudin Baki sent Indian national Munuswamy Sundar
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF CHILD KILLER
the Indian Supreme Court commuted the death sentence imposed on Rajesh Kumar for murdering to life imprisonment.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC SEEKS EXPLANATION FOR DELAY IN DECIDING BHULLAR'S MERCY PLEA
the Indian Supreme Court sought an explanation from the Union government for delay of more than 8 years in deciding the mercy petition filed by the Punjab militant Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar who is facing death sentence for killing 9 security personnel in
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC TO CONFIRM DEATH PENALTIES OF 1996 BLAST CONVICTS
in India, police sought confirmation from the Delhi High Court of the death sentence awarded to three Jammu Kashmir Islamic Front militants for their involvement in the 1996 Lajpat Nagar blast that killed 13 people.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
LAHORE HIGH COURT DISMISSES PLEA TO STOP SARABJIT'S POSSIBLE CLEMENCY
in Pakistan, the Lahore high court dismissed the petition filed by Rana Ilamuddin Ghazi contending that the President of Pakistan could not commute the death sentence of Indian national Sarabjit Singh into life imprisonment.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DUBAI MURDER CASE: HC MOVED FOR DEATH PENALTY AFFIRMATION
the special CBI court in India sent the death penalty of domestic helper Ravji Manu Pawar, 53, for killing five members of a family in Dubai, for confirmation to the Gujarat high court. Pawar joined Ramesh Sagar's family at Dubai as domestic help in 1980.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH ROW CONVICT GETS REPRIEVE
in India, the Gauhati High Court stayed the execution of Mahendra Nath Das till November 1.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: EXISTENCE OF DEATH PENALTY WARRANTS IMPOSITION IN SOME CASES – SC
the Indian Supreme Court ruled that the court's failure to impose capital punishment for heinous
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: INDIANS ON SHARJAH DEATH ROW TO WALK FREE
seventeen Indians who are on death row in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, for murdering