Karnal, May 5 -- An Ambala court has ordered the replacement of an Audi Q3 SUV worth Rs.43 lakh after the buyer complained of instrument cluster malfunction.

The court of Neena Sandhu, president of the district consumer disputes redressal commission, also asked the dealer and manufacturer in its order to pay Rs.7,000 for mental agony and physical harassment suffered by the complainant and Rs.5,000 as litigation cost. The bench, also comprising members Ruby Sharma and Vinod Kumar Sharma, delivered its order on April 20.

According to the order copy released on April 27, the complainant, Rajesh Batra had approached the commission through his counsel Naveen Gupta on January 29 this year. He demanded a replacement and Rs.2 lakh for mental pa...