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A. P. SAHI, BHARATKUMAR PANDYA
Radharamana Commodities Pvt. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Tata Motors Ltd. – Respondent
ORDER
A.P. Sahi, President—The complainant has come up through its Director Sunny Garg alleging deficiency in service for the supply and sale of a luxury car “Range Rover”, which is a four wheel drive vehicle manufactured by M/s. Jaguar Ltd., U.K. and imported to India and marketed through M/s. Tata Motors Ltd. The car was purchased after being booked on 21.11.2009. The vehicle order booking agreement for shipment from M/s. Jaguar/Land Rover has been filed on record giving a description of the vehicle of an Alaska white colour. The sales order has also been filed on record with the basic price of the vehicle being Rs.99,95,451/-. The said sales order was given effect to and the vehicle was supplied through the invoice which describes the product as a Range Rover 3.6 ltr TDV8. The said invoice is also on record.
2. The vehicle was driven after the delivery was made on 08.01.2010 at Mumbai to the complainant and was driven by Mr. Sunny Garg to Chandigarh. On his way, after having driven the vehicle for about 750 kms, the trouble reported is that the car started wobbling when the brakes were applied and the DVD player was not functioning. According to the complainant, he had contacted
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