LAHORE: The Customs Appellate Tribunal’s Division Bench-II, comprising Judicial Member Omer Arshad Hakeem and Member Technical Imran Tariq and Single Bench-II comprising Judicial Member Omer Arshad Hakeem, heard 17 cases and adjourned all of them until the next hearing.
The Customs Appellate Tribunal’s Single Bench-II adjourned the hearing of seven cases, including Bisma International versus customs Lahore, Directorate Post Clearance Audit (PCA) Lahore versus F.G Trading, Customs Multan versus Muhammad Idrees, Muhammad Khalid Hussain versus Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation Multan, Muhammad Shafiq versus directorate Multan Unit Sadiqabad, Sajjid versus Customs Lahore and JP Construction versus Customs Lahore.
The Division Bench-II heard 10 cases including Sadiq Muhammad versus Customs Lahore, Tahir Rauf versus Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation Faisalabad, Zulfiqar Pathan versus Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation Lahore, Ishtiaq Ahmed versus Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation Multan.
On Monday, the tribunal heard cases of Hamayon Akber versus customs Lahore, Customs Lahore versus Dipeep Kumar, Fatima Fertilizer versus Post Clearance Audit (PCA) Lahore (two cases), Maxi Inch versus Valuation Lahore and J.K Fabric Mills versus customs Faisalabad.
In few cases, the cases filed by the departments against the adjudication decision and in other cases, the private parties challenged the order of adjudication on some specific grounds. The Customs Appellate Tribunal will decide the case after hearing the arguments from both parties.