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Mercedes Unfair Trade Practice Charges Cleared
Mercedes and its Indian partner Tata Engineering and Locomotive Co.(TELCO) in manufacturing of high-end cars here, got the relief as the National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission dismissed a complaint by Mumbai-based Marine Container Services (India) leveling the charges of unfair trade practice against Mercedes for selling it a model which was phased out around a year after its sale.
The NCDRC dismissed the complaint ruling that selling a particular model to a customer a year before it is phased out and upgraded with a newer version does not amount to unfair trade practice by Mercedes.
"Merc Benz India and TELCO can at best be said to have made a representation to the effect that they had no immediate plans to launch a new model. Launch of a new model after more than a year after the sale of the car cannot by any stretch come within the meaning of the term 'immediate'," an NCDRC bench of Justice R C Jain and member S K Naik said.
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