Insight
January 2005 · Praveen Kumar Jain
Under the Consumer Protection Act, the opposite party is under a statutory duty to file its reply within prescribed time. The article examines the Supreme Court’s approach to the 45-day outer limit and the forum’s duty thereafter to proceed on the complainant’s evidence.
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