Do you think he was he arguing genuinely that the repairs are worth 75 dollars and that the damage must be the actual damage saar, or was he just saving face? I'm inclined to believe the latter, but the way he's speaking makes it seem like he truly genuinely doesn't understand why his wife is culpable for the damages.
I've seen enough recovery action against saars driving Uber through work to know it's 100% just village poverty maxxing nooooo my fren at wery good car repair shop know fix $100 good saar
If it was good enough for the statue of Vishnu in Phanikhot village to have a rotten log of wood strapped to it after it's supports collapsed, then it's good enough for your brand new Mercedes to have $5 of tin glued to it, just like the original you'll never notice and make sure you agree this fully releases me of any future liability!
For them, the Western court system is simulating the pre-physical stage of dispute resolution, where both sides are simply trying to scam the other. You damage someone's property, well they know someone to turn that into a payday and you know someone that can do it for nothing, and both couldn't be further from the real cost. If neither side budges, then you get the tribe to come sort it out with sticks.
So they end up in court and think this is a weak country which is basically letting them get away with just the lying scam side of dispute resolution, not realizing the court actually serves the purpose of making aggrieved parties whole, not supporting scams.
Honestly, they're fucking lucky they get to sit at home and get a judgement against them, we've seen how skinny-fat these people are. If Western countries operated like India, I'd see endless beat-up content. NOOOOOO SAAR DO NOT REDEEM THE BASHING SAAR IT WAS MINOR DING SAAR MY COUSIN CAN FIX YOUR HOME SAAR