Company should replace cars with manufacturing defect, not just repair, says High Court

The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh said in a recent ruling that a consumer is entitled to get the vehicle replaced if it has a manufacturing defect instead of the company just repairing it. The court was pronouncing the ruling in a case against Maruti Suzuki India Ltd vs Ramesh Chander Sharma and Anr, according to a report on Bar and Bench.

The court made a distinction between a defect that arose during the use of the car and a manufacturing defect existing at the time of the car's purchase, the report said.

A car manufacturer can get away with repairing the defect only if there is a technical defect arising during the use of the vehicle and not where the vehicle had the manufacturing defect right from the start, it added.