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.
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