M S Liberhan

M S Liberhan

M. S. Liberhan (born November 11, 1938) is a retired Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court. For 17 years he headed the Liberhan Ayodhya Commission of Inquiry, which prepared a report on the Babri Mosque demolition, according to it, the events of December 6, 1992, in Ayodhya were "neither spontaneous nor unplanned". [1][2]

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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.

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.

He lives in Chandigarh, India.

Controversy

The Liberhan Commission report submitted to the government on 30 June 2009 holds a number of people culpable for leading the country to the brink of communal discord.

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