ISLAMABAD: A single bench of the Customs Appellate Tribunal adjourned the hearing of a couple of customs references on Wednesday filed against Model Collectorate of Customs (MCC).
The bench comprising Member, Syed Muhammad Anwar, heard the cases filed by M/s Lucky Enterprises and another by Haq Nawaz. The bench sought more details on the matters by the sides before deciding the cases, and then adjourned the hearing for the next week.
Both of these cases had been filed in 2016. M/s Lucky Enterprises had filed the case against MCC. It had challenged a customs duty assessment sustained by the adjudication.
Haq Nawaz had filed cases regarding release of vehicles which were seized by customs authorities amid attempt to smuggling various items.
The appellants had challenged department’s adjudication decision before the bench through the said cases. Adjudication had maintained charges against appellants during departmental hearings.
During previous hearing, the bench had adjourned hearing of said cases due to absence of responding counsels from the tribunal. However, the bench then had asked the assisting counsels on the provision of relating documents by the both sides.
These appellants had also filed some other cases before the tribunal which were being heard by other benches.
