KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed parties to complete their arguments on a petition filed by M/s Haji Adam Sons, seeking restoration of its sales tax registration suspended by the Customs Department. A two-member bench, headed by Justice Munib Akhtar, heard the matter.
Earlier, counsel for the petitioner stated that petitioner’s sales tax registration has been suspended under section 21 (2) of the Sales Tax Act, 1990 read with rule 12 of Sales Tax rules 2006 without any prior notice or opportunity of being heard and allegation is baseless that the petitioner has made huge import of finished fabric and other items and declared supplies to un-registered persons as zero rated during the period of July 2016 to December 17-2018.
The citing Secretary Ministry of Finance, Chairman Federal Board of Revenue, commissioner Inland Revenue Zone-1, Regional Tax Office-III and others as respondents, counsel for the petitioner pleaded the court to declare the act of the respondents as illegal, mala fide and arbitrary.
He also pleaded the court to restore its sales tax registration immediately and restrain them from taking any coercive action against the petitioner till final order in this petition.
