KARACHI: A constitutional petition filed by Dawn to Dusk Enterprises was disposed of by a custom appellate bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) on payment of disputed amount of duty and taxes while securing of amount of fine with the Nazir of High Court of Sindh in the form of pay order or bank guarantee.
The bench earlier heard counsel from law firm Franklin Law Associates who prayed for an interim order on ground that Show Cause Notice has been issued by the department and Adjudication proceedings will take some time during which demurrage and other port charges will keep accumulating.
The counsel expressed readiness of the petitioner to pay the amount of duty and taxes to the department and of securing amount of fine to be imposed under SRO 499 (I) / 2009 dated 13.06.2009.
The bench allowed the request while disposing of the petition. The fate of amount of fine will be conditional to the order by the Adjudicating Authority.