LAHORE: The customs appellate tribunal has rejected an appeal filed by Sakhawat Ali, a resident of Gujranwala, against the Superintendent, Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation-FBR, Gujranwala and collector of customs (Adjudication), customs House Lahore.
Imran Tariq, Member Technical Bench-II, after examining the record and hearing arguments, passed the judgment that the adjudication order is up to the mark and appeal is devoid of merit and unaccepted.
Following the information, the staff of intelligence and investigation-FBR Gujranwala intercepted a trailer loaded with foreign origin used iron and steel pipes. On demand, the driver produced a copy of GD No regarding the legal import and a bilty issued by the goods transport company.
After the complete examination, goods were seized under Section 2(KK) read with Section 17 of the Customs Act-1969.
After a show cause notice, adjudication authority passed the order-in-original that seized goods are released to its lawful owner on the payment of redemption fine which is equal to 35 percent of the value of confiscated foods as determined by the department.
Being aggrieved from the order, the appellant filed the case before the customs appellate tribunal on the grounds that the order passed by the adjudication authority is baseless, illegal and unlawful hence is liable to be dismissed. On the other side, the recipient denied all the allegations and produced all the record examined by the department.
After hearing the arguments from both sides, customs appellate tribunal rejected the appeal filed by Sakhawat Ali and upheld the adjudication’s decision.
