KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) issued notices to the Customs department, deputy attorney general and directed them to file their respective para wise comments on a constitutional petition filed by M/s F.A.S Enterprises seeking release order of its consignments of optical frames, wrist watches and other miscellaneous goods detained by customs officials.
Directives were issued by a two-member bench on Wednesday’s hearing.
During the hearing, counsel for the petitioner stated that petitioner imported a consignment of assorted items including optical frames, wrist watches and other miscellaneous goods and filed Goods Declaration (GDs) dated May 5, 2018, declaring the consignment strictly as per import documents and at their transaction value.
Counsel further argued that in addition to aforesaid consignment imported by the petitioner, the respondents have also detained the two more consignments, consisting of similar miscellaneous goods, and detention/hold of all three consignments is illegal and tainted with malice and greed.
Counsel argued that detention of the petitioner’s goods by the respondents is altogether illegal, discriminatory and in excess of jurisdiction conferred under the law.
Citing Secretary Revenue Division, chairman Federal Board of Revenue, Aamir Rasheed Shaikh, Director Directorate of Intellectual Property Rights, Deputy Director Directorate of IPR and Collector of Customs Collectorate Port Muhammad Bin Qasim as respondents, the petitioner pleaded the court to declare that act of the respondents as illegal, mala fide and arbitrary.
He also pleaded the court to direct them to release of its consignments immediately and restrain them from taking any coercive action against the petitioner.
