Petition challenges Tata Sons’ private status, seeks court intervention in governance

The Bombay High Court has scheduled December 2 for hearing a public interest petition challenging the status and governance of Tata Sons, arguing that the company cannot be treated merely as a privately controlled entity given that charitable trusts hold around two-thirds of its equity.

The petition, filed by Rohini Amin, an advocate and joint secretary of Home for All, a society working with slum dwellers, and L Ramanathan, associated with Home for All and the National Lawyers’ Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms, seeks court intervention in the administration of Tata Sons and the trusts that control it. The petitioners claim to represent the interests of poor and underprivileged beneficiaries of the Tata Trusts.