ISLAMABAD: A division bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) dismissed a case filed against Collectorate of Customs, Islamabad.
A division bench of the IHC comprising Justice Noor ul Haq N Qureshi and Justice Athar Minallah decided the case carrying complaint against imposition of duty/tax of Rs 2.057 million along with default surcharge recoverable under Duty and Tax Remission for Export Scheme (DTRE) for not gaining prior permission to avail duty/tax exemption under the lawful provisions.
M/s Win Pipe Industries (Private) Limited had filed the reference under section 96 of the Customs Act, 1969. The petitioner had challenged a decision announced by the Customs Appellate Tribunal, Islamabad. The tribunal had announced the decision in February 2014.
During case proceedings, the court found that the appellant had not formulated appropriate legal questions. Moreover, the court stated that in view of findings, no question of law arises from the impugned order of tribunal, the bench stated adding that the court do not find any merits in the instant reference application which is, therefore, accordingly dismissed.
Earlier, the appellant had tried departmental forums and then had approached the Customs Appellate Tribunal, which had dismissed the plea.
