Manmohan Singh Liberhan (born 11 November 1938) is a retired Chief Justice of the
Andhra Pradesh High Court
The High Court of Andhra Pradesh is the High Court of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The seat of the High Court is currently located at Nelapadu.
History
The High Court of Andhra Pradesh was established in the year 1954 when the sta ...
, 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, cartage, and wrecking) is the science and engineering in safely and efficiently tearing down of buildings and other artificial structures. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a ...
.
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. 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 were "neither spontaneous nor unplanned".
Liberhan was subsequently transferred to the
Madras High Court
The Madras High Court is a High Court in India. It has appellate jurisdiction over the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is located in Chennai, and is the third oldest high court of India after the Calcutta High C ...
as Chief Justice of that court. Shortly thereafter, he was transferred to the
Andhra Pradesh High Court
The High Court of Andhra Pradesh is the High Court of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The seat of the High Court is currently located at Nelapadu.
History
The High Court of Andhra Pradesh was established in the year 1954 when the sta ...
from where he retired.
He continued to hold his position as the chairman of the Liberhan Commission till 2009.
He lives in
Chandigarh,
India.
See also
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Liberhan Commission
The Liberhan Commission (officially Liberhan Ayodhya Commission of Inquiry) was a long-running inquiry commissioned by the Government of India to investigate the destruction of the disputed structure Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in 1992. Led by reti ...
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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