India, Aug. 4 -- Justice Manmohan Singh Liberhan, a former chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh and Madras high courts who headed the panel probing the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992, died in Chandigarh on Sunday. He was 87.

Born on November 11, 1938, near Chandigarh, justice Liberhan began practising at the Punjab and Haryana high court in 1964 before getting elevated to the bench.

He was cremated on Monday in Chandigarh in the presence of friends, family and colleagues.

"My first appearance in the Punjab and Haryana high court was before him, in August 1992," said Anu Chatrath, senior additional advocate general for Punjab.

"He was a highly motivating judge and made others feel at ease. I remember, whenever the atmosphere wou...