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
NOVEMBER 19, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE
The Supreme Court on 14 November 2018 commuted death penalty imposed on a man accused of rape and murder of an eight year old girl in Rajasthan.
- NOVEMBER 6, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: IDUKKI MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPING AND KILLING WOMAN, DAUGHTER
The High Court in Idukki on 30 October 2018 confirmed the death sentence awarded by Thodupuzha second additional sessions judge T U Kuruvila on June 20, 2012, to an Idukki native for brutally raping and murdering a mother and her daughter at Peermade in 2
NOVEMBER 2, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR RAPE, KILLING MINOR
In a major verdict Sessions Judge SK Tekam on 31 October 2018 awarded capital punishment, ‘Hang till Death’ to a man for rape and killing a four-year-old girl.
OCTOBER 30, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF RAPE CONVICT
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on 26 October 2018 commuted to rigorous imprisonment for 20 years the death sentence awarded to a rickshaw driver who was accused of penetrating a four-year-old girl with his finger after a five-day trial.
OCTOBER 9, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: CALCUTTA HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF SEVEN FOR WITCH-HUNTING 3 WOMEN
The Calcutta High Court has commuted to life the death sentence of seven men guilty of killing three women believing them to be witches, livelaw.in reported on 7 October 2018.
- OCTOBER 5, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPE-MURDER OF MINOR GIRL
A court of Assam on October 4, 2018 awarded death penalty to a man for the rape and murder of a 13-year-old tribal girl.
OCTOBER 5, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 4 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR TRIPLE MURDER IN AJMER
The special ST/SC court judge Brij Madhuri Sharma on October 4, 2018 pronounced hang till death sentence on four men accused in the sensational triple murder in 2011 in Ajmer
OCTOBER 3, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE TERM
The Jaipur high court on September 27, 2018 commuted the death sentence of Prasandeep alias Panna, accused in the murder of a businessman Ghan Shyam Agarwal in Behror, to life term
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TWO MAOISTS GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING SP
Two Maoist guerrillas involved in the killing of Pakur Superintendent of Police Amarjeet Balihar and five other policemen in Jharkhand in 2013 were awarded death sentence by a Dumka district court on September 26, 2018.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPING 4-YR-OLD GIRL IN MP
A court in Satna (MP) on September 19, 2018 awarded death sentence to a contractual teacher for raping a four-year-old girl in this Madhya Pradesh district nearly three months ago
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TOP COURT PUTS DEATH SENTENCE OF MAN WHO RAPED, KILLED 4-YEAR-OLD ON HOLD
A 22-year-old man, who was sentenced to death for raping and murdering a four-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh, won't be executed till the Supreme Court decides on his appeal, ndtv reported on September 18, 2018.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: NIA COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCE TO TWO PRO-BODOLAND MILITANTS
A special court of the National Investigation Agency in Guwahati gave the death penalty to two militants of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland and sentenced two others to life in connection with the murders of members of the tribal community in 201