Justice Liberhan was widely seen as a firm, straightforward judge who believed judges should be known for their rulings rather than public appearances. Manmohan Singh Liberhan, who led the inquiry into the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition and later submitted the Liberhan Commission report, died on Sunday at the age of 87. Long road to the Babri reportBorn on November 11, 1938, Justice Liberhan began practising law in 1964 at the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He was elevated as a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in February 1987. Justice Liberhan later said he had personally gone through the Ayodhya records many times while preparing the report after his counsel left midway through the work.