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 10, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
The sessions court in Shajapur awarded capital punishment to four persons, including three brothers, for
- MAY 17, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 7 VILLAGERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 3 WOMEN SUSPECTING THEM AS WITCHES
Eight people including two women were held guilty on charges of lynching three women at Daspur in October 2012.
MAY 17, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN JET SANTHOSH MURDER CASE
Two convicts in the Jet Santhosh murder case were sentenced to death by the additional sessions court in
APRIL 19, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: EIGHT SENTENCED TO DEATH IN WEST BENGAL FOR MURDER OF COLLEGE STUDENT
As many as eight people were sentenced to death in West Bengal for the murder of college student Saurabh Chowdhury in 2014.
APRIL 12, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO MAN IN RAPE AND MURDER CASE
A 47-year old man was awarded death sentence in Jharkhand State by a Giridih court for raping and
- APRIL 9, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On 9 April 2016, for the first time a court in Bengal awarded death sentence under the Narcotic Drugs and
On 9 April 2016, for the first time a court in Bengal awarded death sentence under the Narcotic Drugs and
- MARCH 30, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR TWO MURDERS IN TAMIL NADU
A court in Tamil Nadu awarded the death sentence to a man for murdering two women over a land dispute in Anamalai in the district four years ago.
MARCH 11, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF 3 CONVICTS IN DHARMAPURI BUS BURNING CASE
The Supreme Court of India commuted the death penalty of three convicts into life imprisonments, who
- MARCH 8, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 1,398 PEOPLE AWARDED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DURING 2004-14
As many as 1,398 people were awarded capital punishment and three were executed in the country during
FEBRUARY 27, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: NINE CULPRITS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN 13-YEAR-OLD CHITRAKOOT MASSACRE
The local court of Chitrakoot sentenced 9 people to death in 13-year-old massacre. Two of the accused
- FEBRUARY 4, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE TO 11 FOR KILLING WOMAN TO GRAB LAND IN NADIA
Eleven people including a former Trinamool Congress leader were awarded death sentence by Nadia
JANUARY 27, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF SERIAL KILLER, AWARDS LIFE TERM
The Delhi High Court commuted to life capital punishment awarded to serial killer Chandrakant Jha in two