Noel Tata challenges Chandrasekaran reappointment at Tata Sons

Noel Tata is challenging Tata Sons’ board resolution reappointing N. Chandrasekaran as executive chairman, disputing whether the September 17 vote followed the company’s governance rules and seeking records of the meeting. The resolution, confirmed in a filing with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, gives Chandrasekaran a five-year term beginning February 21, 2027. Noel Tata, chairman of Tata Trusts and a Tata Sons director, has asked the company to provide the meeting’s audio and video recordings, signed minutes, voting records and related regulatory filings. He requested the documents within seven days of his letter. In the letter, Noel Tata argued that Chandrasekaran’s reappointment was not explicitly listed on either the original or revised meeting agenda. He said the agenda referred to a debriefing from the nomination and remuneration committee and other matters, and alleged that the resolution was taken up without the required process. He also contended that no selection committee had been formed as required under Article 118 of Tata Sons’ Articles of Association and that the necessary affirmative votes under Articles 118 and 121 were not obtained. Noel Tata asked the...