A Mumbai court on Tuesday admitted a Rs 500-crore criminal defamation complaint against former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry (pictured), his brother Shapoor Mistry, and directors of their companies, Cyrus Investments and Sterling Investments.
The complaint was filed by Ramachandran Venkataramanan, also known as Venkat, the managing trustee of Tata Trusts. He has accused Mistry and others of making false statements against him.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Krishna Paldewar has summoned the accused to appear before the court on August 24 and seek bail.
The hearing of another case between Mistry and Tata Sons over the acrimonious fallout is on

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