ISLAMABAD: A division bench of Customs Appellate Tribunal reserved decision on seven customs references filed against Model Collectorate of Customs and Directorate General of Customs Intelligence and Investigation, Islamabad.
Chairman Justice (r) Manzoor Hussain and Ziaudding Wazir heard the cases and reserved decision on seven cases after hearing arguments from appellants and department’s counsels. M/s Trade Master, M/s Waseem Autos, M/s Nisar Traders, M/s Parts and Parts, M/s Chief Autos, M/s Aman Elahi, and M/s Kohinoor Traders had filed these references.
M/s Trade Master had filed case against MCC only. All of other appellants had filed cases against DGI&I. M/s Kohinoor Traders had filed two cases against DGI&I, Islamabad.
Tribunal had also reserved decision on M/s Wahid Hamid. It had filed case against Customs Collectorate Peshawar for auctioning imported items despite the tribunal had announced a decision for release of them.
Chairman, Justice (r) Malik Manzoor Hussain also held hearing on cases filed against Directorate General of Investigation and Intelligence, Islamabad and Model Collectorate of Customs, Islamabad and Peshawar. M/s Pakistan Royal Group, M/s Irfan Ullah and M/s Charisma Catering Islamabad had filed these cases.
The appellants had filed cases challenging announcements made by the DGI&I, Islamabad. All three cases were filed in 2016.
M/s Pakistan Royal Group and M/s Charisma Catering Islamabad had asked the tribunal to direct the department to release the imported items which were confiscated by the customs authorities under alleged attempts to smuggling.
