Consumer Court Orders Maruti Pay Rs.50K To Swift Owner


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Maruti Suzuki India Ltd has been directed to pay Rs 50,000 to a car owner in Porbandar by a consumer court. The order also directs Maruti to replace defective parts free of charge.

The order saw Gujarat State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission exercise relaxation in dealing with the complaint as a lower court in Porbandar had previously ordered MSIL to replace the vehicle or reimburse the customer for the purchase amount.

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As per case details, in March 2011, Nalinbhai Kanani bought a Maruti Swift. In July 2012, the car stopped on the highway between Rajkot and Jamnagar in July 2012. According to Kanani, the Swift was taken to the company workshop, and he stopped using the car since. The court order directs Maruti Suzuki to repair the car, replace defective parts and return the vehicle to the customer by September 15, 2018.

Kanani took the MSIL dealer and workshop to Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum, Porbandar district and sued for ‘deficiency in service by not offering free repair during the warranty period’.

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At the time of the incident, the car had 17k kms on the odo. At the time the forum directed MSIL to ‘replace the car or return Rs 5.41 lakh’. The court further ordered the company to pay Rs 3,000 for causing mental agony to Kanani.

Maruti challenged the decision by telling the commission that the vehicle in question had been involved in a ‘major accident due to the driver’s careless driving’. Following this, the case went into a higher court. The commission in the higher court concluded that the company had been unable to prove that the car had been involved in a major accident, which had supposedly resulted in underbody damage.

But the higher court overturned the previous order which had stated that the company will have to pay full amount of the car to the owner. Instead, the new order is that the company will pay Rs 50,000 to the owner, and replace the defective parts for free. The car has to be delivered to the owner before 15th September, 2018.

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Re: Consumer Court orders Maruti pay Rs 50k to Swift owner – Replace defective parts

Sad to see the court order coming so late in 6 years after the incident.
There are very rare people out there with patience to handle court cases.
This completely high handedness on behalf of MSIL, they should have repaired the car which was driven just 17000kms and within the warranty.
 

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