LAHORE: Customs Appellate Tribunal has dismissed case of Ghaisud Din who is a resident of Peshawar versus superintendent intelligence and Investigation Faisalabad and additional collector (adjudication) customs house, dry port Faisalabad.
According to details, staff of customs intelligence and investigation raided truck terminal of M/s Pak International Goods Transport Company and foud 36000 yards of ladies cloths, on the demand, munshi of terminal produce eight bilities and did not produce any evidence showing legal import of cloths.
After seizing goods thirteen persons including Wali Khan, Liaqat Ali, Bilal Khan Saif Ullah and others persons appeared before the adjudication authority and claimed jointly ownership of the seized cloths.
During proceedings of the case, adjudicating authority passed the order to overright seizure of the cloths under the section 156 (1) of customs act 1696.
Being aggrieved from the said order the appellant filed the case before the customs appellate tribunal on the grounds that cloths containing not any sticker, label or any other thing which show the foreign origin of cloths.
After hearing the argument from both sides and detailed proceeding the Member Judicial Bench-II of Customs Appellate Tribunal issued written judgement with the remarks, that the case has been dismissed with no any order.