KARACHI: A Sindh High Court appellate bench has ordered release of consignment of washbasins at declared value.
The SHC appellate bench, comprising Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Omar Sial, heard Hyder Shaikh advocate representing petitioner S. Abdullah who imported wash basins of Rooca company. The petitioner filed goods declaration and per valuation, the duty comes to 13 euro but the clearing Collectorate West imposed customs duty and other levies at a rate of 30 euro.
The counsel for petitioner seeking release of the goods maintained that Collectorate West acted beyond jurisdiction as only Valuation Department can determine the value of imported goods after resorting to section 25 of the Customs Act 1969 and the respondents cannot go beyond data.
