There are those who say that succession planning is an internal matter of a company and any judgements outsiders make, based on the Cyrus Mistry-Tata Trusts face off, would be based on conjunctures and half truths. So, it is wiser to stay out of it. Then there are those who take a step back and say that perhaps the spat reveals something more than just a group’s decision-making, that it speaks about the checks and balances placed to ensure corporate governance in India Inc. And, what it speaks is not comforting.