The Supreme Court has allowed TVS Motor Company to sell its bike ‘Flame’. A legal dispute took place between TVS Motor and Bajaj Auto, as Bajaj Auto Co said that TVS Motor was illegally using its technology of twin spark plugs in their bikes and thus TVS Motor Company should not be permitted to manufacture and sell ‘Flame’ bike.

TVS Motor Company has shown a 12.7 per cent decline in the sale of two wheelers in November, 2008 at 98,402 units compared with 112,766 units in the corresponding period last year. The company, in a statement stated, "General inflationary trends, liquidity crunch and the continuing adverse impact of high interest rates with restricted availability of retail finances affected sales."