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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

M.A. No.849 OF 2021

IN

CIVIL APPEAL NOs.440­441 OF 2020 

TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD.

    ...APPELLANT(S)

VERSUS

 CYRUS INVESTMENTS PVT. LTD. & ORS.  

    ...RESPONDENT(S) 

O R D E R

This   application   is   taken   out   by   Shri   Cyrus   Pallonji

Mistry,   who   was   one   of   the   co­respondents   in   the   batch   of

appeals,   allowed   by   this   Court   by   a   Judgment   dated

26.03.2021.     The   relief   sought   in   this   application   is   to

expunge/delete  certain  remarks  found  in  the   Judgment  and

highlighted   in   paragraph   3   of   the   above   Miscellaneous

Application.

We have heard Shri Somasekhar Sundaresan, learned

counsel appearing for the applicant and Shri Harish Salve and

Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, learned senior counsel appearing

for the respondents/appellants in the above appeals.

At   the   outset,   the   learned   counsel   for   the   applicant

Digitally signed by

SATISH KUMAR YADAV

Date: 2022.07.13

16:18:38 IST

Reason:

Signature Not Verified

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agreed   to   withdraw   two   of   the   grounds   raised   in   this

application, one in paragraph 4.II.e and another in paragraph

4.II.l.

After considering the facts and circumstances pleaded

by the applicant and taking into account his career, we, out of

grace, direct the deletion of the following remarks/observations

found in the Judgment dated 26.03.2021:

(i)

The sentence “This acted as a trigger point for CPM, to

launch   an   offensive”   in   paragraph   16.11   shall   stand

deleted.

(ii)

The words “leaking his mail dated 25.10.2016 to the

Press and” appearing in paragraph 16.25 shall stand

deleted.

(iii)

The sentence “A person who tries to set his own house

on fire for not getting what he perceives as legitimately

due to him, does not deserve to continue as part of any

decision making body (not just the Board of a Company).”

appearing in paragraph 16.25 shall stand deleted.

(iv)

The   sentence   “But   CPM   himself   invited   trouble,   by

declaring an all out war, which led to his removal from

Directorship” in paragraph 16.31 shall stand deleted.

(v)

The sentence “Thus the relief of reinstatement granted

by   the   Tribunal,   was   too   big   a   pill   even   for   the

complainant companies (and perhaps CPM) to swallow.”

in paragraph 17.22 shall stand deleted.

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(vi)

The words “he set his own house on fire in” appearing in

paragraph 19.48 shall stand deleted and the relevant

sentence   shall   read   as   follows   “CPM   continued   as

Executive Chairman till 2016”. 

The Miscellaneous Application is disposed of on the above terms.

.…………....................CJI.

          [N.V. RAMANA]

.…..………......................J.

  [A.S. BOPANNA]

.…..………......................J.

[V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN]

NEW DELHI

MAY 19, 2022

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ITEM NO.301 COURT NO.1 SECTION XVII

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Miscellaneous Application No.849/2021 in C.A. Nos.440-441/2020

TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

CYRUS INVESTMENTS PVT LTD Respondent(s)

(FOR ADMISSION and IA No.57759/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT

and IA No.57758/2021-CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION)

Date : 19-05-2022 This application was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. BOPANNA

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN

For Petitioner(s)/

Mr. Somasekhar Sundaresan, Adv.

Applicant(s) Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR

For Respondent(s)

Mr. Harish N.Salve, Sr.Adv.

Dr. A.M. Singhvi, Sr.Adv.

Ms. Ruby Singh Ahuja, Adv.

Mr. Dhruv Dewan, Adv.

Mr. Avishkar Singhvi, Adv.

Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv.

Mr. Arjun Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Lakshya Khanna, Adv.

Mr. Ashutosh P.Shukla, Adv.

Mr. Jappanpreet Hora, Adv.

Mr. L.Nidhi Ram Sharma, Adv.

For M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AO