Consumer Protection Act,1986 – 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-Referred to New India Assurance Company Limited v.dd Cold Storage Private Limited (2020) 5 SCC 757 : 2020 INSC 274 : [2020] 5 S.C.R. 429– The provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 are in the line with the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – [In this case, SC noted that it is not a case where along with the notice, copy of the complaint was accompanied. Therefore, it may be too harsh to foreclose anyone’s right to file written statement merely on conjectures and surmises, it held]