Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 890 · Decided 4 December 2015
New India Assurance CO. LTD. v. Hilli Multipurpose Cold Storage PVT. LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 890 · [2015] 14 S.C.R. 179
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10941/2013
- Decided
- 4 December 2015
- Bench
- ANIL R. DAVE, VIKRAMAJIT SEN, PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Reference answered
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act Section 13(2)(a)
Headnote
A B Consumer Protection Act, 1986 - s. 13(2)( a) - Procedure on admission of complaint - Limitation period for C filing written statement or giving version of the opponent as per the provisions of s. 13(2)( a) - Held: The opposite party is given 30 days time and the .said period for filing or giving the version can be extended by the District D Forum, but extension should not exceed 15 days - Three Judge Bench of this Court.in Dr. J.J. Merchant case rightly held that the District Forum can grant a further period of 15 days to the opposite party
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