KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) restrained customs officials from taking any adverse action against the petitioner in respect of the impugned demand notice on a constitutional petition filed by M/s CM Pak Limited and disposed of the petition with directions.
On 14 January, 2022, a two-member bench, headed by Justice Ifran Sadat Khan heard the matter.
Court also directed customs appellant tribunal to decide the pending appeal expeditiously preferably within 60 days from the date of this order.
During the hearing, Salman Aziz advocate for petitioner, Khalid Rajpar for customs department appeared before the bench. After the arguments, court passed order that “this petition was filed by impugning the recovery proceedings initiated by the customs department, during pendency of the appeal before the customs appellant tribunal Karachi. The learned counsel jointly state that it may be just and proper to dispose of this petition with directions for expeditious conclusion of the appeal while restraining the recovery of the impugned demand in the instant period.
Accordingly, the instant petition is disposed of by directing the customs appellant tribunal Karachi to decide the pending appeal expeditiously preferably with 60 days from the date of this order.
However, the respondents shall not take any coercive action against the petitioner in respect of the impugned demand till the conclusion of the appeal, petition stand disposed of in the above terms along with pending application.
Citing Chairman FBR, Chief Collector of Customs Appraisement South, Collector of Customs Appraisement West and others as respondents, petitioner pleaded the court may restrain them from coercive action against the petitioner in respect of demand notice.
