COMPANIES & SECTORS


Moneylife Digital Team 06 October 2026
The governance battle inside the Tata Trusts has intensified, with four trustees of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) hitting back at vice-chairmen Venu Srinivasan and Vijay Singh, accusing them of undermining the Trust's long-standing position that Tata Sons should remain a privately held...

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Moneylife Digital Team 06 October 2026
India's residential market remained largely steady in the July-September quarter, but developers added new supply at a considerably faster pace than homes were sold, pushing unsold inventory across the country's eight largest markets to 8.66 lakh units, according to non-brokerage real estate...

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In 2016, when the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Bankruptcy Code) was seen as the answer to the humungous bad loans problem of Indian banks, Sanjeev Gupta arrived from Britain as a saviour of bankrupt companies. Fortunately for us, his Indian foray was brief. Perhaps because he had already...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 October 2026
India ranks third globally in semiconductor firm registrations between 2017 and August 2026; yet, the number of new firms has fallen from a peak of 139 in 2018 to 76 in 2026. Funding is the problem. In 2026, United States (US) accounted for 48% of global semiconductor funding and China for 6.8%,...

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Hiranya Bhandarkar (Bar  and   Bench) 02 October 2026
The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash Enforcement Directorate (ED) proceedings and its provisional attachment order against JSW Steel for allegedly having procured illegally mined iron ore [JSW Steel v. Deputy Director, Directorate of Enforcement].   A Bench of Justices DK Singh and...

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SN Thyagarajan (Bar  and   Bench) 01 October 2026
The Delhi High Court has blocked the release of over ₹213 crore deposited by Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) towards an arbitral award in favour of British Marine PLC after finding that the award was unstamped and could not presently be enforced. (British Marine v. SAIL)   Justice...

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Moneylife Digital Team 01 October 2026
The governance dispute within the Tata Trusts has widened, with Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) vice-chairmen and trustees Venu Srinivasan and Vijay Singh questioning the authority and process behind the Trusts’ latest proposal to restructure Tata Sons Pvt Ltd, the holding company of the Tata...

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Moneylife Digital Team 30 September 2026
The long-running differences within Tata Trusts have escalated into a fresh regulatory challenge, with Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) trustee Venu Srinivasan asking the Maharashtra charity commissioner to order an inquiry into the trust’s administration, governance and involvement in the affairs...

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SN Thyagarajan (Bar  and   Bench) 30 September 2026
India Infrastructure Finance Company (UK) Limited (IIFCL UK), the overseas arm of Indian government-owned IIFCL, has moved the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) seeking initiation of insolvency proceedings against Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL) over alleged dues of around ₹1,745...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 September 2026
The proposed restructuring of Tata Sons Pvt Ltd and the possibility of a future listing of the Tata group’s holding company are unlikely to have an immediate effect on the credit ratings of major group companies, but they could raise bigger questions over the group’s financial policy and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 September 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has found that the central allegations against Vinod Adani in a long-running minimum public shareholding (MPS) case were not established, while Gautam Adani and four listed companies from the Adani group have separately settled...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 September 2026
The Tata Trusts, which hold a 66% stake in Tata Sons Pvt Ltd, have proposed a strategic reorganisation of the group holding company, under which Tata Sons would become a non-banking financial company (NBFC) or a core investment company (CIC). The proposal involves merging Tata Electronics...

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Moneylife Digital Team 25 September 2026
India's private companies are building a domestic lithium supply chain, moving beyond overseas mine acquisitions. Hyderabad-based Altmin plans a lithium refinery at Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), to process 300,000TPA (tonnes per annum) of spodumene into 30,000TPA of lithium carbonate, backed by...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 September 2026
Family members of Tata Sons Pvt Ltd chairman N Chandrasekaran hold commercial ties to TVS Motor Co Ltd, even as TVS chairman-emeritus Venu Srinivasan cast a deciding vote in favour of a fresh term for Mr Chandrasekaran, according to public filings and reporting by Mint. If Mr Chandrasekaran or...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 September 2026
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed central bureau of investigation’s (CBI) challenge to the bail granted to National Stock Exchange's (NSE) former managing director and chief executive officer (MD&CEO) Chitra Ramkrishna in the alleged illegal phone-tapping case involving employees of...

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Moneylife Digital Team 22 September 2026
Five companies from the Adani group, including Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL) agreed to pay ₹1.50 crore to Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to settle alleged violations of listing and disclosure requirements. The settlement order, passed on 22 September 2026, relates to proceedings...

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There is a Tamil saying that a wife was readying the vessel for storing ghee while her husband was still dreaming of buying a cow. The media has already begun calculating how the initial public offering (IPO) of Tata Sons would create new crorepatis and add more zeroes to the wealth of the...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 22 September 2026
Holding that a special court cannot take cognisance of certain offences under the Companies Act, linked to fraud based on private complaints, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a review petition filed by the Central government against its judgment. (Union of India v. State of...

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The Ganesh Chathurti long weekend, when Mumbai virtually stops working, saw a flurry of activity at India’s most storied business house as well as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). On the face of it, RBI issued a simple regulatory letter on 11th September, rejecting a long pending application...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 September 2026
Tata Sons Pvt Ltd has approved a fresh five-year term for chairman N Chandrasekaran, reversing his decision last month not to seek reappointment, while the board has also decided to take steps towards listing the holding company in compliance with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) regulations....

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