KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed parties to submit para wise comments on a constitutional petition filed by M/s Continental Sweets, Bakers, Nimco.
A two-member bench, headed by Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi and Justice Muhammad Arshad Khan heard the petition. During the hearing, counsel for the petitioner requested for adjournment, therefore, the court adjourned the matter.
Earlier, counsel for the petitioner stated that officials of the commissioner Inland Revenue, Zone-III raided the office of the company at Gulistan-e-Johar on December 22, 2016 and illegally seized all the documents, including a digital video recorder, boxes of records, documents files, computers, electronic weighting scales etc. The petitioner alleged that the officials failed to explain the reasons of the extreme measure.
Citing Chairman Federal Board of Revenue, Chief Collector Inland Revenue, Regional Tax Office-III, the commissioner Inland Revenue, Zone-III and deputy commissioner Inland Revenue-III and others as respondents, the petitioner pleaded the court to declare the act of the respondents as illegal, mala fide and arbitrary and restrain them from taking any coercive action against it.
