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
MARCH 7, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TRANSGENDER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN 2021 RAPE, MURDER OF INFANT IN MUMBAI
A special court in Mumbai has sentenced a transgender person to death after finding them guilty of abducting, raping and murdering a three-month-old girlchild, India Today reported on February 28, 2024.
- MARCH 5, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF RAPE-MURDER CONVICT TO 30-YEAR JAIL TERM
The Allahabad High Court has commuted the death sentence given to a man, who was convicted of raping and murdering a three-year-old girl in 2021, to 30-year jail term, PTI reported on March 5, 2024.
FEBRUARY 27, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: EX-WRESTLING COACH SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING 6 PEOPLE IN FEB 2021
A court in Haryana’s Rohtak district on February 23, 2024 sentenced a former wrestling coach to death for killing six people, including a four-year-old boy, in February 2021.
FEBRUARY 19, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS DEATH IN 2014 DOUBLE MURDER CASE
A court of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has sentenced a man to death in a 10-year-old double murder case – the first time capital punishment has been given in Maharajganj district, a lawyer said on February 19, 2024.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTY
QATAR RELEASES FORMER INDIAN NAVY OFFICERS AFTER DROPPING DEATH SENTENCES
Qatar has released eight former Indian naval officers previously sentenced to death on charges of spying for Israel.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: AT 561, NUMBER OF DEATH ROW PRISONERS AT A 19-YEAR HIGH
The number of prisoners on death row has risen to 561 in 2023, which is the highest in 19 years.
JANUARY 30, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR 15 MEMBERS OF BANNED PFI FOR KERALA BJP LEADER'S MURDER
A Kerala court on January 30, 2024 sentenced to death 15 persons associated with the now-banned Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) in connection with the murder of Bharatiya Janata Party OBC wing leader Ranjith Sreenivasan.
JANUARY 30, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HYDERABAD MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
A court in Hyderabad on January 18, 2024 sentenced a man to death for murdering his wife.
- JANUARY 29, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY FOR 2005 SHRAMJIVI EXPRESS TRAIN BLAST
A district court in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur town on January 3, 2024 sentenced to death two men, including one from Bangladesh, for carrying out the Shramjivi Express train blast in 2005 that left at least 14 people dead and 62 injured.
JANUARY 18, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: KARNATAKA HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
The Dharwad bench of the High Court in Karnataka state has refused to confirm the death sentence imposed upon three people in a double murder case, observing that the case does not answer the test of ‘rarest of rare case’, TNN reported on January 15, 2024
- DECEMBER 30, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: RAJASTHAN POSCO COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO RAPE, DOUBLE MURDER ACCUSED YOUTH
A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court in Rajasthan’s Pali district awarded the death penalty to a 22-year-old accused in a case involving rape and double murder, Hindustan Times reported on December 13, 2023.
- DECEMBER 12, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTY
MOTHER OF NURSE FACING EXECUTION IN YEMEN TOLD TO EXPLAIN ‘BLOOD MONEY’
The Delhi High Court on December 11, 2023 directed Premakumari, the mother of Nimisha Priya, a Kerala nurse facing a death sentence in Yemen for her involvement in the murder of a local citizen, to furnish documents illustrating the legal option of blood