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
- FEBRUARY 24, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict on death row in connection...
Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict on death row in connection...
FEBRUARY 24, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: RAPIST AWARDED DEATH PENALTY
In India, a 21-year-old man, who had raped and killed a three and a half-year-old girl on February
FEBRUARY 23, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HC COMMUTES YOUTH’S DEATH PENALTY TO LIFE TERM
The Delhi High Court has commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence given by a trial court
FEBRUARY 14, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 1,455 DEATH PENALTIES IN 10 YEARS
In India, a total of 1,455 convicts were handed out death sentence in the past 10 years which
FEBRUARY 13, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PRESIDENT PRANAB REJECTS 7 MERCY PLEAS, A FIRST IN INDIA
Days after the hanging of Afzal Guru, President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected the mercy
FEBRUARY 11, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: 17 INDIANS ON DEATH ROW PAY BLOOD MONEY, FREED
Seventeen Indians, who had been on death row in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the murder
FEBRUARY 9, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN EXECUTED IN ’01 PARLIAMENT ATTACK
India hanged a man who had been convicted of involvement in a 2001 attack on Parliament that killed nine people.
- FEBRUARY 8, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
a man was handed capital punishment by an Indian court for the rape
a man was handed capital punishment by an Indian court for the rape
FEBRUARY 6, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: FIFTH BIHAR RAPIST, MURDERER GETS DEATH
A man who raped and murdered a minor girl four years ago was sentenced to death
FEBRUARY 5, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SUPREME COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCE TO MAN WHO KIDNAPPED, KILLED TAMIL NADU BOY
The Supreme Court on India decided on the death sentence for a man convicted of
- FEBRUARY 5, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR 32-YR-OLD FOR RAPING, KILLING MINOR
A lower court in Mandla, India, awarded death sentence to a 32-year-old man for raping and
FEBRUARY 3, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PRESIDENT MUKHERJEE APPROVES DEATH PENALTY IN SOME RAPE CASES
President of India Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent to the anti-rape law ordinance after cabinet ministers recommended changes to impose harsher punishments for rapists, including the death penalty.