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The Calcutta High Court on Thursday refused to entertain the WBIDC's prayer for an unconditional stay of an arbitration award in favour of Tata Motors over a dispute regarding land allotted for setting up a car manufacturing unit in Singur. The court imposed several terms and conditions on award-debtor West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation Ltd (WBIDC) for imposing a stay on the arbitration award passed on October 30, 2023. Passing the judgment, Justice Aniruddha Roy noted that the disputes between WBIDC and Tata Motors arose with regard to allotment of land for setting up a car manufacturing unit at Singur in West Bengal's Hooghly district, for which land was provided by applicant WBIDC. Following a prolonged anti-land acquisition agitation led by the then opposition leader Mamata Banerjee, Tata Motors left Singur to set up the Nano car plant in Gujarat's Sanand in October 2008. An arbitration tribunal on October 30, 2023, made an award in favour of Tata Motors for an ...
Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd on Friday reported a 31.12 per cent increase in total sales at 59,701 units in April 2026 as compared to 45,532 units in the same month last year. Passenger vehicle sales in the domestic market stood at 59,000 units last month as against 45,199 units in the year-ago period, a growth of 30.5 per cent, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd said in a regulatory filing. Sales on passenger vehicles in the international market were at 701 units as compared to 333 units in April 2025, a jump of 110.5 per cent, it added. Combined electric vehicle sales in the international and domestic market stood at 9,150 units as compared to 5,318 units in the same month last year, a growth of 72.1 per cent, the company said.
Tata Motors Ltd on Friday reported a 28 per cent growth in its total commercial vehicle sales at 34,833 units in April 2026 as compared to 27,221 units in the same month last year. Domestic sales were up 27.9 per cent at 32,965 units last month as compared to 25,764 units in April 2025, Tata Motors Ltd said in a regulatory filing. International business volumes were at 1,868 units as against 1,457 units in the year-ago month, a growth of 28.2 per cent, it added.
Commercial vehicles major Tata Motors Ltd on Wednesday said it filed 144 patent applications in FY26, marking its highest number of patent filings in a single year. These filings are closely aligned with the company's strategic priorities, including enhanced vehicle safety, improved reliability, optimised total cost of ownership, and superior occupant comfort, Tata Motors Ltd (TML) said in a statement. "The record number of patent applications filed in FY26 is a testament to the passion, creativity, and technical excellence of our engineering teams...As we look ahead, we remain committed to harnessing our innovation capabilities to serve the long-term interests of our customers, communities, and the nation," TML Vice President and Head, Engineering, Aniruddha Kulkarni said. The strong filing performance also reflects the company's focus on future-ready and sustainable mobility solutions, spanning emerging technologies such as electric vehicles and hydrogen-based internal combustion
On the edge of Singur, one of Bengal's most politically loaded landscapes, men dig through the earth for rusted iron rods -- remnants of the abandoned Tata Motors Nano factory -- to be sold as scrap. In 2008, Tata Motors abandoned plans to set up a small-car factory here amid relentless protests. The exit has caused a seismic shift in the state's political landscape, unseating the Left Front and propelling Mamata Banerjee to power. Eighteen years on, that decision by Tata Motors still haunts Singur as it remains trapped between two ruins -- farmland that no longer yields as before and a factory that never came up. "Neither agriculture happened, nor did industry," says 93-year-old former TMC MLA Rabindranath Bhattacharya, known here simply as 'Mastermoshai', which roughly translates to respected teacher. He was one of the prominent leaders during the Singur movement. In 2006, the then Left Front government acquired around 1,000 acres here for Tata Motors' small-car project. TMC supr