M/s Daddy’s Builders Pvt. Ltd. & Another vs Manisha Bhargava and Another

Court

Supreme Court of India

Date

11 February 2021

Case No.

Petition For Special Leave To Appeal (Civil) No. 1240 of 2021

Bench

D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah

Citation

[2021] 1 S.C.R. 548 : 2021 INSC 81

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 under s.13 – 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 : [2002] 1 Suppl. SCR 469 – relied on. New India Assurance Company Limited v. Hilli Multipurpose Cold Storage Private Limited (2015) 16 SCC 20; Reliance General Insurance Co. Ltd. v. M/s Mampee Timbers & Hardwares Pvt. Ltd. 2021 (2) SCALE 451 – referred to.

The Order of the Court was passed by M. R. SHAH, J. 1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned order dated 04.09.2020 passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the ‘National Commission’) in First Appeal No. 1999/2018, by which the National Commission has dismissed the said appeal confirming the order passed by the Karnataka State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (hereinafter referred to as the ‘State Commission’) dated 26.09.2018 rejecting the application filed by the petitioners herein seeking condonation of delay

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