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Cyrus Mistry and Tata Sons made it to the headlines once again. This time, Trustee of Tata Trusts R. Venkataramanan has filed a defamation suit against Mistry for `500 crore. The suit alleges that the emails sent by Mistry after his ouster from the Tata Group caused irreparable damage to Venkataramanan's reputation. Mistry had alleged wrongdoings in certain transactions at Air Asia India which Venkataramanan has termed “false, malicious and derogatory”. Mistry has retaliated to the defamation case calling it a move by Tata trustees to “muzzle and interfere” with the legal proceedings faced by them.