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Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Hilli Multipurpose Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd.

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Reported as [2020] 5 S.C.R. 429
Bench Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, M. R. Shah and S. Ravindra Bhat JJ.
Decided 4 March 2020

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What the Court ordered

Held as under: (6) Form and contents of the arbitral awar d are provided by Section 31 of the Act.

Judgment, page 34

From the headnote

Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – s. 13(2)(a) – District For um to extend the time for filing of r esponse to the complaint beyond the period of 15 days, in addition to 30 days – Power of – Held: bare reading of s. 13(2)(a) of the Act makes it clear that the copy of the complaint which is to be sent to the opposite par ty, is to be with the dir ection to give his version of (or r esponse to) the case (or complaint) within a period of 30 days – It fur ther pr ovides that such period of 30 days can be extended by the District Forum, but not beyond 15 days – The legislatur e in its wisdom has pr

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 followed · 1 referred to

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