KARACHI: M/s NOA Hemis Pharmaceuticals has approached the Sindh High Court (SHC) and filed a constitutional petition against auctioning of its imported goods comprising 20 drums of tramadol hcl from India by Collector of Customs Appraisement East.
On 12 October 2020, counsel for petitioner stated that the petitioner imported 20 drums of tramadol hcl from India in accordance with law which was held by the customs officials without giving any notice.
He submitted that petitioner obtained permission for import of 20 drums of tramadol hcl from India accordance with law and fulfilled all requirement of import regarding import of tramadol hcl during same period our partnership with my brother was dissolved and in this regards suit no 163/2020 under section 20 of the arbitration act, 1940 was pending before SHC.
He argued that due to said suit bank transaction was stopped by the bank because the bank was also party in the said suit and petitioner imported said goods through the banking channel and bank refused to clear our import documents.
Counsel said that later on petitioner contact with exporter and cleared his dues and exporter cleared import documents and again petitioner contact with customs authorities for clearance of goods and customs authorities refuse to clear the same and demanding bank clearance certificate unlawfully and now goods put in auction by the customs officials without given any notice later on petitioner filed application for hold the same which was allowed temporarily by the respondent staff.
Citing chairman FBR and collector of Customs Appraisement East as respondents, petitioner pleaded the court to declare that the act of the respondents who refuse to clear imported goods is illegal, mala fide.
He further pleaded the court to direct and prohibit & restrain the customs officials from taking any coercive action against the petitioner till final order in the petition.
