Senior Supreme Court Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, the Tata Sons’ counsel at the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), tells Archis Mohan that Monday’s judgment is precedent setting in several ways and there was a deliberate attempt, in the course of the legal proceedings, to sully the Tata name.
You have tweeted that the NCLT judgement is precedent setting on many issues. What are the precedents this sets?
The Articles of Association (AoA) of the firm are old because it is an old well established company and somewhat unique. Therefore, a judgment on those Articles, e.g. Articles 75, 104, 118, 121