At a board meeting held at Bombay House on September 17, the Tata Sons board voted 4-1 to reappoint N Chandrasekaran as Executive Chairman for another five-year term. Tata Trusts Chairman Noel Tata cast the sole dissenting vote and publicly called the decision "illegal."

Tata Sons board approves N. Chandrasekaran's new five-year term as chairman, reversing his earlier decision to step down.