LAHORE: After the transfer of Special Judge of Customs Taxation and Anti -Smuggling Nazeer Ahmad Gajana hundred of cases in Court are lying pending which is effecting the prosecution process of Customs and other relevant departments.
According to Customs Today, sources it is expected that a notification will be issued during current week to appoint a new Judge in Special Court of Customs.
Out-going judge of the Court Nazeer Ahmad Gajana was appointed here in March, 2015 and he served there for six months and decided hundreds of important cases during his tenure including famous cases of 14 kg gold smuggling, money laundering and GMSA tax evasion scandal of Faisalabad Inland Revenue. It is pertinent to mention here that Gajana was appointed after a period of three months after the transfer of Tanveer Akbar to Rawalpindi in December 2014.
Now there are hundreds of cases which are pending in Customs Court and Court staff is busy in rescheduling all cases for new dates. Hundreds of pre arrest bails and post arrest bails are getting late which is effecting the provision of justice to the common citizens.
There is only one Customs Court in whole Lahore Division, Gujranwala, Faisalabad and Multan and applicants are facing severe problems when they come from other cities to attend Court proceedings but they but they are being given a new date for their case without any proceedings.
