Andy Mukherjee, Columnist

Ratan Tata's Child Lock for Jaguar

If Cyrus Mistry can't get into the driver's seat, he may not hang around much longer.
Photographer: Nicky Loh/Bloomberg
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Ratan Tata is adding a new security feature to Jaguar -- not the car, but the Jaguar Land Rover brand.

On the face of it, the change he's pushing for at Tata Group's holding company is one of those boring shareholder resolutions that would go unremarked upon in an ordinary, closely held firm. But Tata Sons Ltd. isn't a regular company. The nerve center of the $105 billion group that encompasses, among other units, the marque British carmaker, has been the target of an intense battle for control for almost a year now.