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Manmohan Singh Liberhan (11 November 1938 – 2 August 2026) was the Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court and previously Madras High Court, India. For 17 years he headed the Liberhan Ayodhya Commission of Inquiry, which prepared a report on the Babri Mosque demolition.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Liberhan was at one time the advocate general for the State of Haryana. He was soon thereafter elevated as a permanent judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He was appointed the chairman of the Liberhan Ayodhya Commission of Inquiry by the then Prime Minister, PV Narasimha Rao. According to the commission, the events of 6 December 1992 in Ayodhya that culminated in the razing of the Babri Mosque were "neither spontaneous nor unplanned".[1]
Liberhan was subsequently transferred to the Madras High Court as Chief Justice of that court. Shortly thereafter, he was transferred to the Andhra Pradesh High Court from where he retired.
He continued to hold his position as the chairman of the Liberhan Commission till 2009.
Liberhan died on 2 August 2026, aged 87.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "What is the Liberhan Commission?". NDTV India. 23 November 2009. Archived from the original on 26 November 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ↑ "India Babri Masjid demolition neither spontaneous nor unplanned: Liberhan". Hindustan Times. 24 November 2009.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Former Chief Justice of Andhra HC MS Liberhan passes away
External links
[edit]- Profile at Andhra Pradesh High Court website
- Report Of The Liberhan Ayodhya Commission of Inquiry - Full Text in PDF format (126 MB)
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