IFB sold us a defective washing machine and ignored us for 4 years. So I took them to consumer court myself, no lawyer. Last week the Pune Consumer Commission ordered a full refund with interest, plus compensation.
We bought an IFB washing machine in 2021. Within months it vibrated so badly it moved across the floor on its own. The banging was loud enough that our little child couldn't sleep during a wash cycle.
Over four years: 14 service tickets, 22 emails, seven engineer visits. They changed the door, changed the suspension, tightened everything, marked it "resolved" and left. Weeks later, shaking again. Their own engineer had casually told us the machine was defective. Every email to IFB got the same copy-paste reply: "We apologize. Our branch will call you shortly." I have 22 of these. The branch never called.
Search online and you'll find many IFB customers telling the same story. My honest belief: they know some units are defective, but replacing them costs money and ignoring you is free. So they wait you out until you buy a new machine. We also did. Bought an LG washing machine last year and it has worked like a charm since.
In court, IFB sent nobody for two years. No lawyer, no reply, not one fact contested. In my final order, the consumer court gave 45 days to IFB Industries to pay up. After that, the interest goes up from 9% to 12%. Their service never came on time. Will the payment? I hope that someone from their team will take note and comply.
What I learned: consumer courts in India work. Save every ticket, every email, every bill. A well-documented case is very hard to lose. With proper legal guidance and AI tools, legal drafting is easy and a case like this can finish in under two years. Big companies count on you giving up. Don't.
@IFBCares@IFBAppliances
There are times when I wonder why I keep going to court and then there are these lives, that my efforts help change or preserve. It was a joy when Shonali and her elder son, Sabir came back. Then Apan was born in his rightful homeland and now his father is reunited with him.
Lakhs of vehicles will be sacrificed so that Gadkari&Sons can make insane amounts of profits. Ram Mandir was built so that sanghi minions can loot it.
The Builders of Pune's Jangli Maharaj Road made their Biggest Mistake - They built a road that lasted 50 years without a single crack.
They Were Never Hired Again.
This is exactly why honest contractors don't exist anymore. Such integrity is persecuted instead of rewarded...
Zero Civic Sense society for a reason!!
People are bathing in the river in Pahalgam with soaps, washing hair with shampoos and polluting the river.
They do this stuff here and in foreign too as we have seen lots of videos now.
This has to stop!!
Heard of Avinash Narne? No? It’s okay — most people haven’t.
This Indian-origin tech professional allegedly killed his wife in Washington just four months after their marriage and later sent images of her dead body to his lover in India. A chilling crime, yet it has not become a national obsession. Like the Siya Goyal case.
Media coverage becomes relentless, the debates louder and the outrage more intense when women commit crime.
Of course, anyone who commits a crime must be punished — whether the accused is a man or a woman.
But why do crimes committed by women attract more coverage?
Is it because society still expects women to be just gentle, nurturing, kind, sacrificing and cannot accept when a woman breaks this stereo type?
When a woman does that, crosses that invisible line, the shock value becomes the story. The crime is not only reported — it is repeatedly analysed, dramatised and consumed.
Every day, countless Siyas and Sonams are killed by their partners, husbands or lovers. Their stories often disappear into statistics. But when a Siya or Sonam becomes the accused, the nation remembers their names, faces and backgrounds very passionately!
Is this reporting bias? Or is the media simply reflecting what audiences want to read and watch?
Perhaps the uncomfortable truth is that we are more fascinated by women who break stereotypes than by the everyday violence women suffer. Sad.
#SiyaGoyal #AvinashNarne
🚨 RAJASTHAN HORROR 🚨
@KotaPolice@PoliceRajasthan@spkotarural@RajPoliceHelp
COMMUNITY DOG ALLEGEDLY TIED WITH IRON WIRE, DRAGGED & BRUTALLY BEATEN TO DEATH 🐕💔
📍 Kota, Rajasthan, India 🇮🇳
A disturbing video circulating online appears to show a community dog allegedly tied by the legs with iron wire, dragged, and mercilessly beaten, resulting in severe head injuries. The dog is reported to have succumbed to her injuries today.
Please register an FIR, identify and arrest the accused if offences are established, preserve all evidence, and invoke all applicable legal provisions, including:
⚖️ Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 – Section 11
⚖️ Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 – Section 325 (where applicable)
⚖️ Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules, 2023 (where applicable)
⚖️ Article 51A(g) of the Constitution of India
Why has an FIR reportedly not yet been registered?
Why are the accused still roaming freely?
Police should take suo motu cognizance and act without delay.
@NCRBHQ@RajatSharmaLive@animalwelfareb1@AwbiBallabhgarh@PetaIndia@moefcc@PMOIndia@narendramodi@BhajanlalBjp@TribalArmy@DEEPSBISHNOI_
Animal torture is a crime, not a prank. Justice cannot wait.
#AmendPCA #AnimalCruelty #JusticeForAnimals #Kota #Rajasthan #SaveIndianDogs #StopAnimalCruelty #EnforceTheLaw #InternationalShame
End this horror show. These innocent animals deserve compassion. The abuse they are enduring is heartbreaking & shameful.💔The irony that such animal cruelty is taking place in Mahadev's sacred Kedarnath is impossible to ignore. My heart weeps for them. This must end. @PMOIndia@Iyervval@tehseenp@BDUTT
#AnimalCruelty #Kedarnath #AnimalWelfare
So exposing the corruption of @Dev_Fadnavis and showing how the “Missing Link” collapsed just 2 months after its inauguration is now an insult to Maharashtra?
How dare you use such abusive language against the youth of the country and compare them to a “dog”? You are not the permanent Chief Minister. Don’t be so drunk on power. Shame on you!
Within 2 months rupsi jha 25 year old DAV college graduate was murdered for dowry
Her whole family was roaming with her body in freezer van begging for justice
But unfortunately she is woman
IN THIS COUNTRY, THE MURDER OF A WOMAN IS NOT A TRAGEDY.
IT IS JUST ANOTHER DEATH ADDED TO THE STATISTICS.
EXCLUSIVE | "I was the only male doctor there, so I became their punching bag."
The Thane doctor assaulted by Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre inside KDMC's Shastrinagar Hospital spoke to @purnima_sah_ about the attack, the threats that followed, and why he has resigned.
https://t.co/AefsqcMFQM via @IndianExpress
If the accused is associated with opposition or if the incident from the states ruled by other parties, Smita Prakash and ANI will be quick to share the assault video/CCTV footage. But in this case, The accused is from Shinde Shiv Sena so they didn't..
A section of a bridge in Nanded, Maharashtra, collapsed today. It raises serious questions about the quality standards being followed in the state’s infrastructure projects.
Please refrain from retweeting or sharing the video. Apparently, highlighting such incidents is considered “defaming” Maharashtra.
This video is from Vasai–Virar. People are walking through floodwaters to reach home because there is simply no other way.
For the last four days, the area has been in complete darkness. Four feet of floodwater. No electricity. No mobile network. Transport has come to a standstill. Thousands of families are still trapped inside their own homes.
This is the reality of one of the country's largest urban regions, just an hour or two from Mumbai, where millions of people have been affected.
Four days without electricity. Homes under water. Millions affected. Yet, the biggest concern for some is that speaking about it might "defame" Maharashtra.