Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 274 · Decided 4 March 2020
Assurance CO. LTD. v. Hilli Multipurpose Cold Storage PVT. LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 274 · [2020] 5 S.C.R. 429
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10941/2013
- Decided
- 4 March 2020
- Bench
- ARUN MISHRA, INDIRA BANERJEE, VINEET SARAN, M.R. SHAH, S. RAVINDRA BHAT (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Reference answered
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 13(2); Consumer Protection Act Section 13(2)(a), 13, 13(2)
Headnote
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 - s. 13(2)(a) - District Forum to extend the time for filing of response to the complaint beyond the period of 15 days, in addition to 30 days - Power of - Held: A bare reading of s. 13(2)(a) of the Act the copy of the complaint which is to be sent to the opposite party, is to be with the direction to give his version of (or response to) the case (or complaint) within a period of 30 days - It further provides that such period of 30 days can be extended by the District Forum, but not
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