Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 708 · Decided 17 December 2020
M/S. SS Group PVT. LTD. v. Aaditiya J. Garg & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 708 · [2020] 13 S.C.R. 779
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4085/2020
- Decided
- 17 December 2020
- Bench
- VINEET SARAN, S. RAVINDRA BHAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 141; Consumer Protection Act Section 38, 38(2)(a)
Headnote
Consumer Protection Act, 1986: s.38 - Deficiency in service - Respondents booked flats with the appellant-builder - Flats were not delivered on time - Consumer complaint filed before National Commission claiming refund of money - Notices issued in June 2020 and statement/ reply filed by appellant on 31 August 2020 which was beyond the period of 45 days - National Commission declined to take the written statement on record on the ground that Consumer Court has no power to extend the time for filing the response to the complaint beyond 45 days
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