India Charity Commissioner Orders Tata Trusts to Defer Board Meeting Amid Probe, Document Says
The order follows complaints over trustee composition and bars any meeting until an inspector submits a report.
- Maharashtra Charity Commissioner Amogh S. Kaloti ordered the Sir Ratan Tata Trust to defer its Saturday board meeting, citing the need for an inspector inquiry into the trust's governance.
- The order follows complaints from Tata Trusts Trustee Venu Srinivasan and Advocate Katyayani Agrawal alleging that perpetual trustees exceed the legal limit of 25% of total board strength.
- Kaloti ordered an inspector inquiry under Section 37 of the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act to investigate claims that 50% of the six trustees are perpetual, violating the 2025 Ordinance.
- Tata Trusts deferred the meeting indefinitely, complying with the directive to halt meetings until the inspector submits a report, affecting the organization that controls 66.4% of the Tata Group.
- The board agenda included reviewing Tata Trusts' representation on the Tata Sons board and potential listing plans, now delayed while the inspector's Section 39 report is awaited.
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