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Compliance to the new rules had been set for February 17, which was an extension of two months, but strict adherence to the regulations would have stalled production for India's auto industry, a minister has warned.

The company said sales of two-wheeler vehicles grew by 19 per cent while those of three-wheeler ones jumped 47 per cent, leading to a 26.1 per cent rise in revenue from operations.

In the commercial vehicle segment, domestic sales declined by 7.80 per cent to 75,984 units last month, the SIAM data showed.

The data, based on vehicle registrations, was released by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (FADA).

Maruti Suzuki India said it would inspect the likely defect in its Super Carry vehicles manufactured between April 26 and August 1.

The price increase will vary for different models, the company said.

Standalone profit after tax, which does not include the share of profit from unit Mahindra Vehicle Manufacturers, stood at Rs 1,649 crore ($228.28 million) for its fiscal second quarter that ended September 30, compared with Rs 1,332 crore a year earlier.

In its judgement, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) ruled that there was no evidence the two companies had conspired to fix prices.

Net sales grew 0.5 per cent to Rs 21,551.9 crore in the second quarter of the current financial year, from Rs 21,438.1 crore in the year-ago period.

This is the first time that year-on-year passenger vehicle sales have fallen in three consecutive months since April 2014, when the economy had slowed and the rupee had also weakened.

Revenue from operations came in at Rs 2,534 crore for the quarter ended June 2018, up 13 per cent compared with Rs 2,255 crore for the corresponding period a year ago.

Standalone profit after tax, which does not include share of profit from its unit Mahindra Vehicle Manufacturers, stood at Rs 1,221 crore ($177.50 million) for the quarter ended June 30, compared with Rs 749 crore a year earlier.

Ola will offer private vehicles for hire as well as the popular black cabs on its platform.

Under the settlement, Nissan would take a lower payout of about Rs 2,000 crore in unpaid dues and forego sums it has sought in damages.

Changes to the way JLR's pension payments are calculated had resulted in a one-time gain of Rs 3,609 crore last year.