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
JUNE 27, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: CLEMENCY FOR 3 DEATH ROW INMATES
President Pratibha Patil commuted the death sentences of three prisoners lodged in
JUNE 26, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: LAW AND JUSTICE MINISTER FAVOURS ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Indian Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid said that though there was no collective
JUNE 26, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF MAN WHO KILLED PREGNANT WIFE
The Bombay High Court set aside the death sentence awarded by a Kolhapur trial court
- JUNE 25, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PRESIDENT PRATIBHA PATIL DEFENDS RECORD DEATH ROW PARDONS
India's outgoing president has defended herself against media criticism that she went on a "mercy
- JUNE 13, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
MDMK leader Vaiko urged for the intervention of Prime Minister...
MDMK leader Vaiko urged for the intervention of Prime Minister...
- JUNE 11, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Chandrashekhar Shriram Atram was sentenced to death by a sessions court...
Chandrashekhar Shriram Atram was sentenced to death by a sessions court...
- JUNE 4, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PRESIDENT PATIL COMMUTES 30 DEATH SENTENCES TO LIFE
in the last days of her presidency, President Pratibha Patil commuted 30 death sentence
MAY 31, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPIST KILLER
In India, a fast track court sentenced a 22-year-old man to death for raping and killing
MAY 31, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: INDIAN NATIONAL GETS THE GALLOWS FOR TRAFFICKING
An Indian national was sentenced to the gallows by the High Court in Malaysia after he was
- MAY 31, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF 3 MORE PRISONERS
In India, Home Minister P Chidambaram told his monthly press conference that the death sentence of three more prisoners, including a man convicted for rape and murder of a five-year-old girl, were commuted to life imprisonment by President Pratibha Devisi
MAY 25, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER CASE
In India, three persons were sentenced to death and another to life imprisonment by a Bihar
MAY 15, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
In India, a Jharkhand court sentenced three persons to death for killing six members of a