Tata Sons on Thursday moved the Supreme Court challenging the December 18 decision of the NCLAT restoring Cyrus Mistry as the executive chairman of the group. The Tata Group sought stay of the verdict by which the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) ruled as "illegal" the appointment of N Chandrasekaran as head of the holding company of over USD 110 billion salt-to-software conglomerate. "We have challenged the NCLAT decision in its entirety," a lawyer associated with the matter said. The petition has sought a direction from the apex court to set aside or quash the findings of the tribunal which held that the group's chairman emeritus Ratan Tata's actions against Mistry were oppressive. The NCLAT had stayed the operation of the judgement with respect to reinstatement of Mistry for four weeks to allow the Tatas to appeal. The NCLAT had also quashed the conversion of Tata Sons into a private company from a public firm. It also directed Tata Sons not to take any action
A two-member NCLAT Bench headed by chairperson Justice S J Mukhopadhaya pronounced its judgement over the petitions moved by Mistry and two investment firms challenging his removal from the group
While restoring Mistry to the position, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal held that the appointment of N Chandrasekaran as executive chairman was illegal
After Mistry's ouster, Tata Sons also inducted former Hindustan Unilever head, Harish Manwani and Saurabh Agarwal as directors
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If all those decisions are null and void, the group's business will be in a mess, an official pointed out.
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Mistry said the judgment is not a personal victory for him, but is a victory for the principles of good governance and minority shareholder rights