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
- JULY 12, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Indian man for killing three...
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Indian man for killing three Saudi women after breaking into their homes, the Saudi Press Agency reported
- JULY 10, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International (AI) expressed concern that the...
Amnesty International (AI) expressed concern that the four persons charged with various crimes relating to the attack on the Parliament House complex on December 13, 2001 may not receive a fair trial
- JULY 8, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A court in India condemned a man to death for murdering...
A court in India condemned a man to death for murdering his wife
- JULY 5, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The number of cases ending in capital punishment for...
The number of cases ending in capital punishment for the accused has been on the increase in India's Bihar state during the last two decades
- MAY 20, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A court in India sentenced to death five persons for...
A court in India sentenced to death five persons for murdering eight people
- MAY 16, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court said that life imprisonment should...
The Supreme Court said that life imprisonment should be the normal rule of punishment in murder cases
- MAY 14, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Janata Party president Dr Subramanian Swamy said he...
Janata Party president Dr Subramanian Swamy said he would go to the Supreme Court if the federal government failed to carry out the death sentence awarded to four persons convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case by August 15
- MAY 2, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Seven brothers convicted of a double murder by a district...
Seven brothers convicted of a double murder by a district court in India demanded capital punishment for themselves, declaring they did not want any mercy from the court
- APRIL 28, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court has approved death sentence for those...
The Supreme Court has approved death sentence for those guilty of killing innocent persons of a particular community, religion or class
- APRIL 27, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Nepal said Indians are also eligible for the rewards...
Nepal said Indians are also eligible for the rewards it had announced for the capture, dead or alive, of top Maoist leaders
- APRIL 27, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Special Judge S N Dhingra sentenced to death three...
Special Judge S N Dhingra sentenced to death three Pakistani militants, Nazir Khan, Abdul Rahim and Naser Mehmood Sodozey, belonging to Harkat-ul-Ansar, for kidnapping four foreign tourists in 1994 in a case in which Omar Sheikh was also one of the accuse
- APRIL 25, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India abstained from the resolution 2002/77 on the...
India abstained from the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights