The Constitutional bench of Supreme Court in New India Assurance Co. Ltd. versus Hilli Multipurpose Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd., (2020) 5 SCC 757, held that “District Forum has no power to extend the time for  filing  the  response  to  the   complaint   beyond  the period  of  15  days   in   addition  to  30  days  as  is  envisaged under   Section   13   of   the   Consumer   Protection Act;  and  the  answer  to  the  second  question  is  that  the commencing point of limitation of 30 days under Section 13 of the Consumer Protection Act would be from the date of receipt of the notice accompanied with the complaint by the opposite party, and not mere receipt of the notice of the complaint.