Manmohan Singh Liberhan (born 11 November 1938) is a retired Chief Justice of the
Andhra Pradesh High Court, India. For 17 years he headed the
Liberhan Ayodhya Commission of Inquiry, which prepared a report on the
Babri Mosque demolition
Demolition (also known as razing and wrecking) is the science and engineering in safely and efficiently tearing down buildings and other artificial structures. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction (building), deconstruction, which inv ...
.
Career
Liberhan was formerly the advocate general for the north-Indian state of Haryana. He was soon thereafter elevated as a permanent judge of the
Punjab and Haryana High Court
Punjab and Haryana High Court is the common High Court for the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh based in Chandigarh, India. Sanctioned strength of Judges of this High Court is 85 consisting of 64 Pe ...
. He was appointed the chairman of the
Liberhan Ayodhya Commission of Inquiry by the then Prime Minister,
PV Narasimha Rao
Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004) was an Indian independence activist, lawyer, and statesman from the Indian National Congress who served as the prime minister of India from 1991 to 1996. He was the first p ...
. According to the commission, the events of 6 December 1992 in Ayodhya were "neither spontaneous nor unplanned".
Liberhan was subsequently transferred to the
Madras High Court
The High Court of Judicature at Madras is a High Courts of India, High Court located in Chennai, India. It has appellate jurisdiction over the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry. It is one of ...
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.
He lives in
Chandigarh
Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northern India, serving as the shared capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. Situated near the foothills of the Shivalik range of Himalayas, it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the ...
, India.
See also
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Liberhan Commission
References
External links
Profile at Andhra Pradesh High Court website Report Of The Liberhan Ayodhya Commission of Inquiry - Full Text in PDF format (126 MB)
Alternate link - Full Text in PDF format (126 MB)
20th-century Indian judges
Living people
1938 births
Scholars from Chandigarh
Chief justices of the Madras High Court
Chief justices of the Andhra Pradesh High Court
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