MUMBAI/BENGALURU, Nov. 3 -- The Maharashtra Charity Commissioner did not propose the rule that has paralysed Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT), the second-largest shareholder in Tata Sons, for nearly six months. The rule that resulted in the suspension of the trust's board proceedings was introduced by the state government and invoked by the commissioner on 15 May this year, as per the public trusts regulator's office.

In response to a Mint query under the Right to Information Act, 2005, the charity commissioner's office said it had sent no proposal to the state's Law and Judiciary Department regarding the Maharashtra Public Trusts (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025.

Promulgated on 1 September 2025, the ordinance capped the number of perpetual trust...