ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has decided to establish special tax benches in the apex and high courts for early resolution of the pending cases following the request of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in this regard.
The FBR officials claimed that the number of total pending cases of the FBR in courts is more than 2000, in which revenue of millions of rupees is involved, adding that the number of cases is increasing.
They said that, in most of the pending cases people, have taken stay orders from courts against the decisions made by tribunals in favour of the department.
The FBR has been paying to the lawyer for proceedings of the cases, costing the department millions of rupees.
Seeking the early decision of the cases, FBR Chairman Tariq Bajwa had requested the SC for adopting a policy in this regard.
The FBR chairman also held many meetings with SC Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk in which different points were discussed regarding the pending cases.
Now, SC has decided to set up special benches to hear the tax case, while high courts will be issued instruction in this regard also.
