Mumbai, June 1 -- The Tata Sons board has exonerated Company Secretary Suprakash Mukhopadhyay of any breach of the Tata Code of Conduct following an internal investigation into his family's association with Divinion Advisory Services, a financial services firm. The board, in its meeting held on Thursday, reviewed and accepted the findings of the investigation, which concluded that there was no intentional misconduct or abuse of position.

Sources familiar with the development indicated that while there had been a lapse in disclosure protocols - specifically, the failure to report indirect family interests in Divinion to the relevant internal authorities - the board accepted that the oversight was not deliberate. The inquiry had been commiss...