Jaipur magistrate issues arrest warrant for German Porsche chief

Tuesday, 15 January 2013 By Legally India Bar, Bench & Litigation

A Jaipur magistrate has issued bailable arrest warrants against nine executives of luxury sports car maker Porsche, including its German chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman Matthias Mueller.

A former Indian importer of the cars, reported the New York Times, alleged offenses such as “extortion, cheating, dishonestly inducing delivery of property, criminal breach of trust and criminal conspiracy”:

Precision Cars has been an importer for Porsche vehicles in India since 2003. However, when Porsche appointed Volkswagen Group Sales India as their sole importer in April 2012, they allegedly failed to inform Precision Cars, which Precision executives said left them no choice but to file a lawsuit.

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Comments

wilfred_62586 15 Jan 2013, 14:38
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I HOPE THAT INDIAN COURTS CANNOT ISSUE ARREST WARRANT DIRECTLY TO FOREIGN NATIONALS BECAUSE ONLY THE INTERPOL CAN EXECUTE THAT WARRANT AND THAT TOO THERE ARE LOT OF PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED AND THAT COUNTRY HAD TO FOLLOW CERTAIN PROCEDURES WHICH CAN BE CHALLENGED BY THAT FOREIGN NATIONAL IN THAT COUNTRY TILL THE SUPREME COURT OF THAT COUNTRY . I AM CERTAIN THAT ANY MAGISTRATE COURT IN INDIA CAN ISSUE AN ARREST WARRANT AGAINST A FOREIGN NATIONAL RESIDING ABROAD . IF HE IS IN INDIA HE CAN ISSUE AN ARREST WARRANT AGAINST THEM AND THAT TOO THE OFFENCES MUST BE GRAVE IN NATURE .- JOSEPH WILFRED - 15/01/2013 AT 20.08 HRS.
The law 18 Jan 2013, 09:32
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India and Germany are both signatories to the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, more commonly called the Hague Service Convention. Res ipsa locquitur.
jk 15 Jan 2013, 14:56
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Arrest warrant against Richard Gere for kissing and now this! The lower judiciary needs a complete overhaul.
Curious 16 Jan 2013, 08:18
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jk- does it? does it really need an overhaul? the whole thing? shall we dismiss them all and start over? i'm very concerned. please let me know how it goes...

Also jk - please tell us when you last went to district court and where?
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