LAHORE - Consumer Court Judge Maruf Ahmedali has ordered Honda Atlas Cars to replace a Honda City car, which had a manufacturing fault from day one. "The respondent (Honda Atlas Cars) is directed to replace the car of the complainant with a bran new Honda City 1300 CC of the same colour and latest model within 10 days from the date of this order," the judge said. Ruling the claimant was not entitled to damages, the judge, however, ordered the company to pay Rs 10,000 as costs. The complainant Muhammad Malik Bhullah filed a claim under the Punjab Consumer Protection Act 2005 against Honda Atlas Cars, Honda Point and Zeeshan Asif, field engineer Honda Atlas Cars. Bullah added he bought a Honda City car for Rs 847,000 on July 26, 2007 from Honda Point and while driving it the same day felt defect in its transmission of the car. The next day, he said, he sent the car for inspection to Honda Fort, an authorised dealer of Honda Atlas, where a field engineer, Zeeshan Asif, confirmed the car's transmission assembly was faulty. The engineer, he added, suggested replacement of the main shaft of the transmission assembly. He said he served a legal notice to Atlas Honda, which, in its reply, offered to replace the shaft free of cost. The complainant said he had paid money for a bran new car and instead got a car, which was defective. He insisted the company to replace the car instead of replacing the main shaft because the very objective of buying a brand new car was to stay clear of repairs. The company said it could replace the shaft but was not liable to replace the car. After hearing the arguments from both sides, the judge observed there was no dispute about the fact that the car was faulty, and the complainant had paid the money in full. "The car in dispute does not conform to the accepted industrial standards," the judge further observed while accepting the claim. Lawyers' protest for judges continues Lawyers in the City Saturday continued boycott of the courts to press the restoration of judges including Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as Chief Justice of Pakistan, who were deposed on November 3 last through a PCO by then Army Chief, Pervez Musharraf. Dozens of lawyers last day also left for Bahawalpur where Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary had to address the bar. At the time of departure from outside the Supreme Court premises in hired coaches, lawyers appeared very enthusiastic while expressing their solidarity with the Justice Chaudhary by raising slogans in his support and the spot presented a very colourful scene with the presence of a number of lawyers carrying flags, posters of Justice Chaudhary and placards displaying commitment to restore the judges. At the Lahore High Court Bar, a token hunger strike and another protest camp was set up by the Save Judiciary Committee where Chairman of the committee Abdul Rashid Qureshi, Jalil Ahmad, Sardar Abdul Hameed Dogar, Mahmoodul Hassan, Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi and others gathered and chanted slogans. The lawyers at the camps demanded revival of the November 2 judiciary and also a complete freedom of movement to Pakistan's nuclear scientistDr Abdul Qadeer Khan and the construction of the Kalabagh Dam, which has been shelved by the PPP government. Speaking on the occasion, Rashid Qureshi said his body had started the movement for appointing Dr Khan president of the country for the services he rendered to the country. He said in this connection the members of his body would not only visit the districts all over the country for the purpose to mobilise support for Dr Khan but he would also be invited to address the public.