ISLAMABAD: A single bench of the Customs Appellate Tribunal has directed counsels of the Federal Board of Revenue to attend the hearing of cases at the tribunal.
A single bench of the Customs Appellate Tribunal comprising Member, Syed Muhammad Anwar, remarked this while hearing the cases filed M/s Lucky Enterprises and Haq Nawaz.
The bench also issued similar directives to the parties while hearing the same cases lastly. Both the cases were involving field offices of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
Syed Muhammad Anwar heard the cases and issued directives to the parties to conclude their arguments.
The bench was hearing M/s Lucky Enterprises and Haq Nawaz’s tax matters. Both of these cases had been filed during 2016. The cases were still pending with the tribunal.
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 bench had also held hearing on said matter before. But these cases were pending with the tribunal. The bench had directed the concerned counsels to fully assist the bench on the matters in order to reach a just and fair decision.
Same bench had also adjourned hearing of some other cases in the recent week because of non-submission of related documents and other details.
