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
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MP HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE
in India, a division bench of Justices Mishra and Shrivastava upheld the death sentence awarded of Maganlal for axing to death his family over a land dispute.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: COURT AWARDS DEATH TO FIVE MEMBERS OF FAMILY
Five members of a family have been awarded death sentence by an indian court in a case of
AUGUST 31, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: OVER 20 DEATH ROW CONVICTS AWAIT FINAL WORD ON THEIR MERCY PLEAS
as of today there are 22 death row convicts waiting for a final word from the Indian president
AUGUST 30, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HIGH COURT STAYS EXECUTION OF RAJIV GANDHI'S KILLERS
The Madras High Court in southern India has stayed the executions of three men convicted of plotting the 1991 assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
- AUGUST 19, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR MAN FOR KILLING FAMILY OF 5 IN DUBAI
at a special CBI court in Ahmedabad, India, R M Parmar sentenced Ravji Pawar, 53, a resident of Dholar village in Navsari district, to death for killing five members of a family in Dubai in 1992.
- AUGUST 18, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR MURDER
the Darjeeling sessions court in India sentenced Amar Rai, 37, to death for killing his mother on November 19, 2006, inside the Darjeeling jail compound where she worked, allegedly because he wanted her government job. Amar was also fined Rs 5,000.
- AUGUST 17, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of the Parliament of India) was informed...
the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of the Parliament of India) was informed...
- AUGUST 11, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PRESIDENT REJECTS MERCY PLEA
Indian President Pratibha Patil rejected the clemency petitions of Murugan...
- AUGUST 10, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: RED FORT ATTACK: SC UPHOLDS ARIF'S DEATH PENALTY
justices VS Sirpukar and justice TS Thakur of the Indian Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence of Mohd Arif, alias Ashfaq, for the December 22, 2000, Red Fort terrorist attack case in which three people were killed. Ashfaq had challenged the high cou
- AUGUST 9, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COPS WHO KILL DESERVE DEATH SENTENCE: SC
a bench of Justices Katju and Prasad of the Indian Supreme Court said policemen who resort to killing deserve the death sentence.
- AUGUST 5, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN SENT TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING CHILD
in India, Judge A Raja Prasad Babu of the Mahila Court-cum-Sixth Additional District Court sentenced Arun Kumar to death for killing his baby daughter because he wanted a son on November 28, 2010, in Kancharapalem in the City. He allegedly strangled the b
- AUGUST 3, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR DRUG OFFENDER
Ghulam Mallik, 49, from Kashmir, was sentenced to death a second time by the NDPS court in India.