A new luxury pen series dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi by the German luxury accessory giant Montblanc is to be legally prohibited from being sold or marketed.
Counsel Praveen Anand for Montblanc International Ltd. announced before the highest court of the Indian state of Kerala that his clients had authorized him "to undertake in court that Mahatma Gandhi limited edition pens will not be sold until further orders from this court."
The philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi is rooted in simplicity and therefore the high pricing of the specialty pen series by Montblanc would be a violation of Gandhi’s principles.
The pen priced at US$30,000, was called by Dijo Kappen, managing trustee of the Center for Consumer Education of Kottayam, India, a "degradation" of everything Gandhi symbolized.
