KARACHI: The Sindh High Court sought comments from customs department and deputy attorney general on a petition filed by M/s Vmate Private Limited Company importing cellular mobile phones against issuing show cause notice.
On February 22, 2019, a two-member bench, headed by Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi was hearing the matter.
During the hearing, counsel for the petitioner stated that petitioner imported A & B category of cellular mobile phones which were cleared by various customs authorities, subsequently, sales tax was levied @650/ per mobile phone on A & B category of low price & cellular mobile phones.
He submitted that petitioner was shocked when customs department issued show cause notice for the reason best known and show cause notice was issued on total mis-interpretation and transgression of jurisdiction with a malafide. They changed categorization of cellular mobile phones from B to C category.
Citing chairman Federal Board of Revenue, secretary Ministry of Law, Collector of Customs Appraisement West, Port Qasim Karachi and others as respondents, petitioner pleaded the court to declare that act of the respondents as illegal, malafide and arbitrary.
Importer also pleaded the court to direct them to withdraw impugned show cause notice and deal with petitioner according with law and restrain them from taking any coercive action till final order in this petition.
