Mrs. Sandra Vaze Correia, Member—The complainant is a businessman residing at Vasco da Gama. The opposite party No. 1 is the dealer of the opposite party No. 3. The opposite party Nos. 2 and 3 are manufacturers of “Tata Indica” vehicles.

2. In a nutshell, it is the case of the complainant that he purchased a Tata Indica vehicle model January, 2000 for a sum of Rs. 3,13,178/- on 24.4.2000. Right from the day he purchased the suit car registered under GA-06/A-6786, he could not use the same for his daily work as it was not functioning smoothly and had many major manufacturing/production defects as well as minor problems. The suit vehicle was referred to the opposite party No. 1 and other service points of the opposite party Nos. 2 and 3 for a total of nineteen times between 6.6.2000 and 23.3.2001. Due to the alleged defects, the vehicle was kept for a period of 70 days at the various service outlets of the opposite parties.

3. It was alleged that the five tyres of the suit vehicle wore out when the mileage was 14,349 kms. on account of which the complainant had to replace the said five tyres and also pay a sum of Rs. 4,000/- towards other charges. Again, at 28,334 kms. the tyres o