Overview

• Vijay Singh, 77, quit as a Tata Trusts–nominated director a day before a scheduled Tata Sons board meeting, and he remains a trustee.
• The departure followed a trustees’ review under an October 17, 2024 resolution requiring annual renewal for nominee directors once they turn 75.
• Four trustees opposed Singh’s reappointment and sought to nominate Mehli Mistry, a move resisted by Noel Tata and Venu Srinivasan on due-process grounds.
• Tata Trusts exert control through a majority stake and nominee directors who hold veto rights under Article 121, raising the stakes over who fills the seat.
• Tata Sons now counts six directors after recent exits, and trustees are weighing a professional search firm as RBI-linked deadlines approach for a Tata Capital IPO.