ISLAMABAD: A division bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) dated in office the hearing of a customs reference till October 10 and directed parties to provide record pertaining to the case prior to the date of hearing.
The IHC bench comprising Justice Shaukat Aziz and Justice Mohsin Akhtar was hearing the customs case filed by M/s Pakhtoon. The appellant had filed the case against Collectorate of Customs, Islamabad.
The bench also directed the FBR field office, and the appellant to submit record of the case in order to assist the court. Justice Aziz’s single bench also heard another customs case filed against by Ehsan ur Rehman.
Meanwhile, the bench dated in office hearing on M/s Dancom Pakistan’s case. M/s Dancom Pakistan had filed the case challenging an announcement made by the Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (ATIR)-through which it had sustained decision announced by the department’s adjudication pertaining to the show cause notice to M/s Dancom Pakistan for outstanding tax recovery.
Through both the references, M/s Dancom Pakistan had named Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue, LTU, Assistant Commission Inland Revenue Withholding, LTU, Commissioner Inland Revenue (Appeals), LTU, and Federal of Pakistan through the chairman of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) as respondent in the case.
Show-cause notices had been issued for the tax year 2016 in head of income tax under sections of income tax ordinance, 2001.
M/s Dancom Pakistan had prayed the court to direct LTU not to recover the said amount and abstain from any coercive action in this regard.
The petitioner had prayed the court operation of the impugned notices issued by the tax authority may kindly be suspended till the decisions of appeal pending before the LTU.
