Porsche brands Indian complaint frivolous Premium carmaker Porsche has dismissed as "frivolous" a criminal complaint from its former Indian distributor that resulted in an arrest warrant being issued for the German group's chief executive. In November a court in the northern Indian city of Jaipur issued warrants against a number of senior Porsche executives, including CEO Mattias Müller, after a case filed by Precision Cars India, the company's former importer. In a statement, Porsche said: "The allegations in the criminal proceeding in which the court in Jaipur, India, has issued the bailable warrants are in the view of Porsche baseless and without any material substance." The Stuttgart carmaker says it terminated its contract with Precision Cars India early in 2012, before announcing last May that Germany's Volkswagen group would become its sole distributor in the country. The two companies have since been engaged in legal disputes in various Indian courts relating to the nature of the termination, which the Indian company alleges improperly broke contractual agreements. "The filing of criminal proceeding is an afterthought and just an attempt by the former importer to open a new - in the view of Porsche's local lawyers inherently frivolous - proceeding," the German manufacturer's statement said. Ashish Chordia, the largest shareholder in Precision Cars India, said: "I find it difficult to understand how they [Porsche] are so confident that they will quash this. We are going to continue to make sure that we get justice and not get bullied by a large corporation. We have made lots of efforts to resolve this amicably with them but we still hope that some sense will prevail. The disagreement is the latest in which big western brands have become entangled in long and complex court cases with former Indian partners, as they attempt to grow their own businesses in Asia's third-largest economy. Last year German sports manufacturer Adidas found itself embroiled in a legal dispute with two former executives of its Indian subsidiary, Reebok India, after allegations of commercial irregularities. India's fast-growing car market has attracted increasing attention from global luxury vehicle manufacturers. Germany's Audi and BMW are already among the market leaders. Porsche is attempting to grow its operations in the country, although India as yet remains a relatively small market for the group, with sales of only about 300 vehicles last year, according to a spokesman. In July 2012 Volkswagen bought the remaining half of Porsche's automotive business that it did not already own, in a deal worth €4.5bn ($5.6bn) after a protracted series of takeover battles.