India, Oct. 1 -- The widening boardroom dispute at Tata Sons has opened a new front, with trustee and Tata Sons nominee director Venu Srinivasan seeking a regulatory inquiry into the governance of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, one of the charitable entities that collectively control about 66 per cent of the holding company.

In a letter to Maharashtra's Charity Commissioner, Srinivasan has questioned the appointment and continued status of Noel N. Tata as a perpetual trustee, the appointment of Noel Tata's son Neville Tata, and what he describes as attempts to constrain his independent role as a nominee director on the Tata Sons board. The move could add another layer of complexity to an already bitter dispute over Tata Sons' leadership, a ...