About Liberhan Commission

Liberhan Commission, headed by the retired judge of Indian Supreme Court M S Liberhan, was constituted on December 16, 1992, by an order of the Indian union home ministry following the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on 6 December and the riots in Ayodhya. The Commission was expected to submit its report within three months.

After a delay of 17 years, the commission submitted the report to the Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh on 30 June 2009. On 23 November 2009, the report leaked into the media. It indicted top BJP leaders as being actively involved in the meticulous planning of the demolition of the mosque.

There was an uproar in the Lok Sabha over this as the opposition accused the Home Ministry for deliberately leaking the report. The Parliament session had to be adjourned for the day. The Government assured to table the report with an ATR(Action Taken Report) during the winter session of the Parliament. The deadline for the Government to table the report in Parliament is 30 December 2009. The day later, the Government agreed to table the English version of the report in the Parliament.

The terms and reference of the Commission

To make an inquiry with respect to the following matters:
The sequence of events leading to, and all the facts and circumstances relating to, the occurrences in the Ram Janma Bhoomi-Babri Masjid complex at Ayodhya on 6 December 1992 involving the destruction of the Ram Janma Bhoomi-Babri Masjid structure;

The role played by the Chief Minister, Members of the Council of Ministers, officials of the Government of Uttar Pradesh and by the individuals, concerned organisations and agencies in, or in connection with, the destruction of the Ram Janma Bhoomi-Babri Masjid structure;

The deficiencies in security measures and other arrangements as prescribed or operated in practice by Government of Uttar Pradesh which might have contributed to the events that took place in the Ram Janma Bhoomi-Babri Masjid complex, Ayodhya town and Faizabad on 6 December, 1992;

The sequence of events leadings to, and all the facts and circumstances relating to, the assault on media persons at ayodhya on 6 December, 1992; and

Any other matters related to the subject of Inquiry.


Duration and expenses:
The one-man panel, one of the country's longest running inquiry commissions cost the government Rs.8 crore wrote the report on the sequence of events leading to the razing of the Babri mosque by Hindu mobs on December 6, 1992.

Sources told IANS that besides identifying those who played a role in the destruction of the 16th century mosque, the commission would also unravel why and how the demolition happened and name the larger forces and actors responsible for it.

Appointed by former prime minister Late. P.V. Narasimha Rao two weeks after the demolition on Dec 16, 1992, to ward off criticism against his government for having failed to protect the mosque, the commission in August 2005 finished hearing its last witness Kalyan Singh -- who was Uttar Pradesh chief minister at the time of the demolition and was dismissed soon after.

In 16 years of its proceedings, the commission recorded statements of several politicians, bureaucrats and police officials including Kalyan Singh, late Narasimha Rao, former deputy prime minister L.K. Advani and his colleagues Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharati as well as Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Top bureaucrats and police officials of Uttar Pradesh, the then district magistrate R.N. Srivastava and Senior Superintendent of Police D.B. Roy of Ayodhya also recorded their statements on the demolition.

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