SC dismisses plea to review removal of Cyrus Mistry as Tata Sons head

The genesis of the dispute can be traced to the removal of Mistry as executive chairman of Tata Sons in 2016

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the review petitions filed by former Tata Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry against its own judgment last year which had upheld the group’s decision to remove him as group chairman.

With this, the six-year legal battle between the Mistry family and the Tatas comes to an end.

In a partial relief to Mistry, the Bench, led by Chief Justice of India, N V Ramana agreed to expunge certain adverse remarks made against Mistry in the earlier judgment.

The top court also directed Mistry to withdraw or delete certain offensive paragraphs directed against the court made in Mistry's earlier