India, Sept. 22 -- Abhishek Singhvi, five term member of parliament and senior lead counsel for Tata Trusts, told Saubhadra Chatterji that the fundamental issue in the Tata Trusts vs Tata Sons imbroglio is that the rights of shareholders and owners cannot be nullified. And, the larger issue, he said, is the 100-year legacy of the Tata group and the rupturing of the fundamental hyphenated relationship between Tata Trusts and Tata Sons.

I know each of the principal actors in this controversy personally. I also have the highest regard for them. But there is no option but to appear for one side.

The fundamental rights of shareholders and owners cannot be nullified. This is not a fight between two or three individuals or companies or entitie...