KARACHI: M/s Amjad & Brothers Trading Company approached the Sindh High Court (SHC) for restraining order for not to deposit the post-dated cheaque of Rs12,775,960 issued by the petitioner in favour collector of customs Port Muhammad Bin Qasim Karachi without permission of this court.
On September 14, 2018, counsel for the petitioner stated in his constitutional petition that petitioner is engaged in the business of import, artificial/imitation jewellery and its accessories from India and purchased various types of artificial/imitation jewellery without beads along with artificial jewellery with beads and its accessories hair accessories and glass bangles from it supplier M/s Captech Import and Exports based in Maharashtra, India total value of $10500.00 and filed goods declarations.
He further submitted that consignments of the petitioner were stopped by the customs officials due to dispute valuation $3.45 to 4.25/kg, however, goods were released after payment of differential amounts and now he has apprehension that respondents might be en-cash the differential amounts submitted by petitioner.
Citing Secretary Ministry of Revenue, Collector of Customs Appraisement Port Muhammad Bin Qasim, Collector of Customs Collectorate East, Director-General of Customs Valuation as respondents, he pleaded the court to declare that act of the respondents as illegal, mala fide and arbitrary.
He also pleaded the court to accept this petition and declare that respondents have no jurisdiction to fix the value of any item, set aside the value of imitation jewellery fixed by the respondents dated February 23, 2018, suspect the operation of their order of enhancement of valuation during the pendency of the instant petition.
