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 13, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 4 MEN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCES IN GANG RAPE
A judge sentenced to death the four men convicted in the December gang rape and murder of a young New Delhi woman, ordering them to the gallows for a brutal attack on a bus that left the young woman with such severe internal injuries that she died two wee
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: THREE GET DEATH SENTENCE IN SENDHWA BUS FIRE CASE
A court in Barwani, India, handed down death sentence to three staffers of a bus and life imprisonment
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: JAMMU AND KASHMIR HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF GUNMAN
Jammu and Kashmir High Court upheld the death sentence of a counter-insurgent gunman
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
FOUR GUILTY OF BUS GANG RAPE THAT SICKENED INDIA
An Indian court convicted four men of the gang rape and murder of a physiotherapy student
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the Odisha High Court, in India, commuted the death penalty
the Odisha High Court, in India, commuted the death penalty
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO 3 IN TRIPLE MURDER CASE
Three men have been awarded death penalty by a Delhi court for brutally murdering three
- AUGUST 31, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
one person was sentenced to death
one person was sentenced to death
- AUGUST 26, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
a man was sentenced to death by an Indian local court
a man was sentenced to death by an Indian local court
- AUGUST 24, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
a court in Bijawar town, India, has awarded death sentence to two persons
a court in Bijawar town, India, has awarded death sentence to two persons
- AUGUST 21, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the Indian Supreme Court has stayed the execution of two
the Indian Supreme Court has stayed the execution of two
- AUGUST 16, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected the mercy petition
President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected the mercy petition
AUGUST 13, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PRESIDENT REJECTS LAST PENDING MERCY PLEA, DUO TO HANG
President Pranab Mukherjee rejected the mercy petitions of Shivu and Jadeswamy, who