Interesting Complaints
‘Select’ Your Baby
Successful advocacy with the Government by CERS led to a ban on an unfair trade practice. ‘Select’ is an ayurvedic tablet which claimed to do the unbelievable: change the sex of the fetus in the womb ! Just pop a few pills in the ..
- Posted by CERC India
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Use of Indian Embassy Abroad
Mr. Ramchandra Karkare was employed as Deputy Advertising Manager by a firm called Dar Al-Fajr, Abu Dhabi, from December, 1979. On 21 December 1981, he left Abu Dhabi to meet a client in Dubai. On the highway his car met with an accident and h..
- Posted by CERC India
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Consumer Group Acts As A Mediator
The following individual complaint pertaining to goods resolved by CERS involved the highest stake of Rs.1,02,000. The case was resolved through arbitration. Mrs. Kusum Chopra of “News and Viewsâ€, Ahmedabad, purchased a computer wo..
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Consumer Group Acts As A Conduit
Mrs. Effie Mudaliar had a complaint against Kalapi Corporation, Ahmedabad, and wanted to return the dough maker she had purchased along with a grinder mixer. The relationship between the consumer and the dealer had become so bitter that neithe..
- Posted by CERC India
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The Kokum Case
A consumer had bought a packet of Lonavala Kokum from Lalita Factory, a grocery in Ahmedabad, and found a dead rat in it. He complained to CERS, and the packet with the dead rat was photographed. The matter was brought to the notice of the sho..
- Posted by CERC India
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LIC Manager Gheraoed
Mrs. Urvashiben Dave had taken an LIC policy in February 1976 and died in 1979, three years after her delivery. The LIC rejected the claim saying she had not disclosed her pregnancy while taking the policy. The fact was that she was in her ear..
- Posted by CERC India
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Notabene Washing Company
A lady had given a sari to Notabene, a washing company, where it was damaged during washing. When she complained, she was shown the laundry bill laying down one-sided conditions of contract. She complained to CERS. Despite a long correspondenc..
- Posted by CERC India
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Alka Sari Case
Mrs. Hansaben Shah had bought a cotton sari from Alka Sari Centre for Rs. 70/-. Even before a wash, she wore the sari on a couple of occasions, but it started tearing on its own. She complained to the dealer who said goods once sold could not ..
- Posted by CERC India
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