The Supreme Court recently dismissed a plea by German car maker Skoda Auto Volkswagen India challenging an FIR registered in Uttar Pradesh by a customer over the alleged use of “cheat device” in its diesel car.
The FIR was lodged in UP and the company moved the high court seeking its quashing. The Supreme Court passed the order on the appeal filed by the Automaker against the Allahabad High Court order refusing to quash the FIR and dismissing its plea.
A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian pronounced the verdict and dismissed the plea by the automobile maker. During the hearing, the automobile maker had stated that in December 2015 the complaint was made in the National Green Tribunal and in March 2019 a penalty was imposed on it which was stayed by the apex court. On November 4, the top court had reserved the verdict on the plea stating as to why should not the investigation go on in the case.
Allahabad High Court Refuses to Quash FIR Filed Against Skoda Auto Volkswagen [READ ORDER]
Business
Oct 08, 2020
Lakshya Tewari
(
Editor: Ekta Joshi
)
4 Shares
A Bench comprising of Justice B. Amit Sthlekar and Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav of the Allahabad High Court refused to quash FIR filed against Skoda Auto Volkswagen alleging that that the automobile giant has installed cheat devices in the vehicles to show lower emission. The HC said that it is a matter of investigation that whether or not there has been any violation of the BS-IV norms by the company. The matter was that the petitioner had purchased seven Audi cars worth crores of rupees...
Noida Man Files FIR Against Volkswagen and Audi for Selling Cars with Emission 'Cheat Devices'
Two Indian subsidiaries of German carmaker Volkswagen group have been charged for allegedly selling seven Audi cars fitted with "cheat devices" that are able to deceive excessive pollution emission tests to a Noida businessman, police said on July 17.The FIR was lodged by businessman Aniljit Singh in Noida Sector 20 police station against Audi India and Skoda Auto-Volkswagen India on charges of forgery and cheating. The FIR also mentions the names of their top officials and parent company in...
460 Views
![Allahabad High Court Refuses to Quash FIR Filed Against Skoda Auto Volkswagen [READ ORDER]](https://lawstreet.co/secure/uploads/2020/10/lj_3875_allahabad.jpeg)
Facebook Comments