KARACHI: M/s Lucky Star Steel Industries Private Limited approached the Sindh High Court (SHC) for seeking release order of imported consignments of prime quality iron & steel products including HRC, CRC, GP, pre-painted steel, ect.
On January 16, 2019, counsel for the petitioner stated in his constitutional petition that petitioner imported the above-mentioned consignments and filed goods declaration of the subject consignments on the basis of shipping documents and declared goods as prime quality.
He argued that respondents have deliberately differentiated the registered bank contract with LC and objected that, through the consignments’ different sizes and dimensions are exactly matched with the specifications mentioned in the shipping documents, but the same has not been imported against LC and the word LC is mentioned under the impugned public notice and not the word bank contract is referred in the impugned public notice. Hence, the subject consignment does not fulfill all the legal requirements as envisaged under the impugned public notice.
Citing secretary Revenue Division, Chief Collector of Customs Appraisement South and the Collector of Customs Appraisement East as respondents, petitioner pleaded the court to declare that ad-interim relief may be granted and restrain them from taking any coercive action against the petitioner till final order in this petition.
Importer also pleaded the court may declare that act of the respondents is illegal, mala-fide and arbitrary.
