KARACHI: M/s M. Nazeer M. Raheem & Co and Muhammad Rahim son of Muhammad Pain approached the Sindh High Court (SHC) and filed a constitutional petition against lodging first information report (FIR) and a show cause notice for allegedly mis-declaration of imported iron and steel remeltable scrape.
On 10 November 2020, counsel for the petitioner stated that petitioner for business purpose made an international contract with exporter M/s Ali Metal of Korea for import/ purchase of goods having description iron and steel remeltable scrap classifiable under H.S Code 7204.4990 having quantity 70 MT in price US 200.00 per MT total price of consignment payable to the exporter was US$14,000.00.
He further argued that on arrival, petitioners filed goods declaration, goods were checked for physical examination, wherein, it has been alleged that out of declared 70 MT a quantity of 0.300 MT iron & steel remeltable scrap is found as per declaration, whereas, remaining imported goods have been alleged to be secondary quality stainless steel sheet (magnetic/ non-magnetic) in coils and bundles covered under valuation ruling no 1194/2017 rather iron & steel remeltable scrap.
He further submitted that on the basis of arbitrary and illegal contravention case made and after lodging impugned FIR in illegal unconstitutional manner a show cause notice has been subsequently issued for adjudication under section 179 of the act, 1969.
Citing chairman FBR, collector of Customs Appraisement & Facilitation Port Muhammad Bin Qasim and investigation officer as respondents, petitioner pleaded the court to declare that impugned FIR and proceedings emanating there from being without lawful authority, illegal, abuse of the process of law and un-constitutional as per ratio of referred judgments and order of the SHC.
