KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has ordered the counsel for Customs Department to seek instruction for provisional release of a consignment of primary silicon.
A SHC divisional bench, comprising Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Anwar Hussain, issued directive to counsel for Model Customs Collectorate, East and West while hearing a constitution petition filed by Parvez Sons.
The petitioner’s counsel submitted that Customs Valuation and Collector Customs both are denying the provisional release of the consignment without assigning any reason.
The counsel for Customs Valuation citing a judgment passed by the Supreme Court of Pakistan submitted that as per judgment in Danish Jehangir case, Valuation department has no powers to allow release of the consignment under section 81 of the Customs Act 1969 and that this power rests with the Collectorate of the Customs concerned. The bench then adjourned further proceedings till Sept 07.
