ISLAMABAD: A single bench of the Customs Appellate Tribunal would hear six cases on Tuesday (today) filed against Collectorate of Customs and Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation, Islamabad.
A single bench of the Customs Appellate Tribunal comprising Justice (r) Manzoor Hussain Malik would hear the cases.
M/s Degicell & others, M/s Kohinoor Chemical, Mirza Muhammad Majid, M/s Fazal Razaq, M/s Fazalur Rehman and Gul Rehman & others had filed these cases.
According to details, M/s Degicell & others and M/s Kohinoor Chemical filed cases against Collectorate of Customs, Islamabad.
Mirza Muhammad Majid, M/s Fazal Razaq, M/s Fazal Ur Rehman and Gul Rehman & others had made Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation, Islamabad respondent in the cases.
It is worth mentioning that hearing of these cases was earlier postponed due to various reasons. The bench was supposed to hold hearing of these cases on Monday, but could not do so and scheduled to hear them on Tuesday along with some other cases.
Meanwhile, the tribunal on Monday adjourned the hearing of several cases scheduled to be heard by the benches headed by Chairman Justice (r) Malik Manzoor Hussain.
A number of cases, to be heard by division benches of tribunal, were adjourned following late arrival of the chairman at the Islamabad headquarters.
According to details, Customs Appellate Tribunal’s division bench, comprising Chairman Hussain and Member Technical, Ziauddin Wazir was scheduled to hear around 12 cases on the day.
These cases were filed by M/s Waseem Autos, M/s Nisar Traders, M/s Parts & Parts, M/s Chief Autos, M/s Aman Elahi, M/s Kohinoor Traders, M/s Saleem Silk Centre, M/s Five Star Trading, M/s Pakistan Royal Group and M/s Nayatel Private Limited. The appellants had filed cases against Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigations, Islamabad.
It is pertinent to mention that the bench had postponed hearing of these cases for the second time. For the first, these cases were listed to be heard during first week of November and the bench could not hold hearing of said cases as the chairman could not reach Islamabad headquarters due to blockades of roads leading to Islamabad city following PTI call of Islamabad-lockdown.
It was second time on Monday when the tribunal had to postpone the hearing of majority cases supposed to be heard by the bench.
