Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 81 · Decided 11 February 2021
M/S Daddy’s Builders PVT. LTD. & Another v. Manisha Bhargava and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 81 · [2021] 1 S.C.R. 548
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE TO PETITION (CIVIL)... No. 1240/2021
- Decided
- 11 February 2021
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Consumer Protection Act Section 13
Headnote
Consumer Protection Act, 1986: s.13 - Power of Consumer Fora to extend the time to file the response to complaint beyond the period of 15 days in addition to 30 days as envisaged Held: Consumer Fora has no jurisdiction and/or power to accept the written statement beyond the period of 45 days. New India Assurance Company Limited v. Hilli Multipurpose Cold Storage Private Limited (2020) 5 SCC 757 - followed. J.J. Merchant v. Shrinath Chaturvedi (2002) 6 SCC 635 :
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