India, Sept. 6 -- A complaint by Tata Trusts vice-chairman Vijay Singh seeking an inquiry into a decades-old transfer of Tata Sons shares has ended with an outcome he may not have anticipated: the Maharashtra Charity Commissioner has closed the complaint while making adverse observations about Singh's own conduct as a trustee.

In an order dated September 2, 2026, the Charity Commissioner rejected Singh's plea for an independent investigation into the 1989 transfer of 833 shares of Tata Sons Private Limited from the Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust (NRTT) to Naval H Tata, father of Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata.

Singh had approached the Charity Commissioner on June 10, 2026, questioning the transaction. But rather than ordering the investigati...