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 Babri Masjid (IAST: Bābarī Masjid; meaning ''Mosque of Babur'') was a mosque in Ayodhya, India, at a site believed by many Hindus to be the birthplace of Hindu deity Rama. It has been a focus of dispute between the Hindu and Muslim communi ...

demolition.

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 ...

. 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 lawyer, statesman and politician who served as the 9th prime minister of India from 1991 to 1996. He is known for introducing various liberal reforms to Indi ...

. 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 as Chief Justice of that court. Shortly thereafter, he was transferred to the

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 planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which a ...

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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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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 {{India-law-bio-stub

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