KARACHI: Special Customs Appellate Tribunal has issued notices to Collector Adjudication Asif Marghoob Siddiqui and other respondents in an appeal filed by Digicom mobile company.
The tribunal, comprising Member Judicial Muhammad Nadeem Qureshi and Member Technical Nazim Saleem, issued notices for March 30.
The appeal assailed an order passed by the Collector Adjudication who sustained an order passed by the relevant customs authorities who imposed a personal penalty of Rs 2 million each in respect of equal number of consignments .The petitioner/appellant was also slapped with a 35 per cent fine and penalty on ground that importer failed to show “Type Approval” from PTA .
The petitioner/appellant seeks provisional release from the tribunal. A counsel from Franklin Law Associates appearing for the appellant submitted that, delay in release of consignment would render them “old model”, The batteries would also develop faults, the counsel said adding that appellant has already paid rupees 300 million. He stated that after PTA’s “Type Approval” the actions by the respondents are illegal.
