LIBRA CONSTRUCTIONS AND FINANCE LIMITED Vs. ACT INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This action came up for admission before us today []. We heard learned Counsel Mr. S. M. S. Devadoss representing Ms. Anita Sumanth, appearing for the complainant and also perused the averments made in the complaint as well as the other documents filed alongwith the complaint. The complainant is one M/s. Libra Constructions and Finance Limited. The opposite parties are; (1) M/s. ACT India, MGM Centre, 78, C. P. Ramasamy Road, Chennai-18, and (2) M/s. General Motors India, Chennai Zonal Office, G-2, 16, Sarangapani Street, T. Nagar, Chennai-17.

(2.) The 1st opposite party, it is said, is the dealer of the 2nd opposite party manufacturer of motor vehicles.

(3.) The complainant-finance company, it is said, purchased an Opel Astra car from the 1st opposite party for Rs.7,97,866/- on 27.8.1997. The complainant would allege that there were defects in the said car purchased right from the inception of purchase. The warranty period, it appears, for the said car is for a period of one year from the date of purchase. The car was given for second service to the opposite parties on 25.11.1998 long subsequent to the expiry of the warranty period.