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Sources close to the matter have said one of the reasons for
Mistry's ousting was his handling of a long-running dispute with
DoCoMo, Tata Sons' partner in a telecoms joint venture in India.
Mistry's office said in a statement all decisions related to the
dispute were taken with the unanimous approval of the Tata Sons
board, as well as the approval of Tata family patriarch Ratan
Tata and Tata trustee N.A. Soonawalla.
"The insinuations are being imagined and this (DoCoMo) matter is
sub-judice," said a Tata Sons spokesman, adding the company
would not comment any further on the matter.
Mistry's statement comes a week after he was ousted as chairman
of the $100 billion steel-to-software conglomerate in a
boardroom coup that saw Ratan Tata return as interim chairman.
Tata Teleservices, a Tata group company, and DoCoMo have been
locked in a long tussle over the latter's move to exit a
partnership the two companies formed in 2009. The dispute is
still being dragged out in courts.
(Reporting by Abhirup Roy and Aditi Shah; Editing by Euan Rocha
and Mark Potter)
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