Apple Authorized Center swapped my RAM with a fake one!

I had given my MBP [Mid 2008] model for motherboard repairs in Mumbai, India around 6 months ago. Just recently, my MBP started making a long beep kinda sound & refused to boot up. I figured that this was a RAM problem. I went to the Apple Center to get it fixed and that is when they told me that one 2GB RAM chip is fake (which I assume is a RAM of sub standard quality). They are not willing to change the RAM unless I pay up for it! My MBP still has another 6 months till it's Apple Care expires in May 2011.
Please advice me of what I should do in this case. How is a customer to know if all the parts are genuine when the product is returned after repairs? I'm not gonna open it up and tally all the part numbers!!
Consumer court may be an option, but as we all know, court proceedings can go on forever. So before I do that, I need to know if there is a higher authority at Apple (India) that I can get in touch with & register a complain.
This is the last time I am every getting anything replaced in India! I had problems with Apple Service during my display replacement too 1.5 years ago... when they had replaced it with a sub-standard quality display with horrible viewing angles & color shifts!
Mr. Jobs, You either pull out all your products from India or do something to improve the quality of service or you're gonna have people in India suing Apple too! I love your products & I'd hate to sue Apple... but after sales S**KS & there might be no other option!!
Thank You for reading.
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