A series of developments within the 157-year-old Tata Group , the country’s largest business conglomerate, is drawing renewed attention as the group navigates complex shareholder disputes and strategic decisions. Since the passing of veteran industrialist Ratan Tata last year, the conglomerate has been at the centre of renewed controversies, ranging from internal family disputes to government interventions.
At the heart of the current stir is the potential exit of the Shapoorji Pallonji (SP) Group, Tata’s oldest and largest shareholder. The SP Group holds an 18.37% stake in Tata Sons, a relationship dating back to 1936. For decades, the partnership was marked by cordial ties, but tensions flared in 2016 during the high-profile Cyrus Mistry-Ratan Tata dispute, which escalated to the Comp