KARACHI: When government departments routinely file appeals/ petitions (often upto the High Courts and the Supreme Court) on questions of law that have already been authoritatively settled, the practice results in serious institutional harms, observed a tax bench of High Court of Sindh while dismissing a Special Customs Reference Application (SCRA 1021 of 2023) filed by Directorate of Intelligence & Investigations, Hyderabad through Pervaiz Ahmed Memon Advocate.
The bench examined the questions of law framed and found them to be “Argumentative” and framed to seek de-novo agitation of fact/evidence. The bench further observed that. It is apparent that re-agitating settled questions of law has been consistently disapproved by the superior courts and the aforementioned judgment meticulously reiterated the same. Prima Facie the present case appears to fall within the ambit of such proscription. The bench ordered that copy of this judgment be sent to the Attorney General for Pakistan, Secretary Federal Revenue Board and Chairman FBR.
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