Noel Tata and his son Neville Tata have filed caveats in Bombay High Court, a week after filing caveats with the Mumbai City Civil Court, sources told NDTV Profit on Wednesday.
These legal notices are being filed in the backdrop of the ongoing dispute with trustees Venu Srinivasan, Vijay Singh and in anticipation of legal action before High Court and Civil Court.
The caveats with Mumbai City Civil Court were filed on October 7, 2026. Caveats refer to a warning, limitation, or formal notice that ensures no order is passed without hearing caveator (in this case, Noel Tata and his son Neville Tata).
Co-trustees Srinivasan, Singh, Darius Khambata, Bhaskar Bhat have been named as caveatees in the move, but inclusion of Bhat and Khambata is purely procedural, sources at Tata Trusts added. The Action will ensure that Tatas are heard before courts take up trustee matters.
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On Tuesday, Tata Trusts received an extension from Charity Commissioner till October 19 to respond to the complaint filed by Venu Srinivasan and Vijay Singh.
As per the original timeline, Tata Trusts was to respond by October 12. The complaint made allegations about governance lapses at Sir Dorabjee Tata Trust, and alleged that the Trust has overstepped its role as a charitable trust in transactions involving Tata Sons.
Venu Srinivasan, a trustee of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) and a nominee director on the Tata Sons board, had asked the Maharashtra Charity Commissioner for an immediate inquiry into the trust's administration and governance towards the end of last month.
In a letter titled "Illegal and Irregular Appointment of Perpetual Trustee and Serious Governance Lapse", he said he is acting "with a view to preserving the institutional integrity and proper administration of SDTT". He has also sought a freeze on any change to the SDTT board while the inquiry is on.
Srinivasan alleged that SDTT's Circular Resolution No. 107, circulated on September 16, was "an extraordinary attempt to prevent me from exercising my independent judgement and vote". He says it was also meant "to neutralise my position as a Trustee because it differed from that of certain other Trustees".
"More fundamentally, it was an attempt to effect a power grab within SDTT and, through it, to dictate what Tata Sons should do instead of allowing its Board to objectively evaluate the available alternatives on their merits," Srinivasan wrote.
He linked the circular to his exclusion in November 2025. "Viewed alongside my earlier exclusion in November 2025, it forms part of a continuing effort to suppress differing views and concentrate decision-making power within a smaller group of Trustees," the letter outlined.
Multiple trusts within the Tata Trusts group filed 84 caveats before Maharashtra's Charity Commissioner following this, according to sources aware of the filings, a move aimed at ensuring they are heard before any orders are passed in matters concerning the trusts.
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