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Lahore High Court 2021 Customs Act of 1969

2021 PTD 844

Locally manufactured goods
CSH PHARMACEUTICALS (PVT.) LTD. THROUGH DULY AUTHORIZED COMPANY SECRETARY
Appellant
VS
COLLECTORATE OF CUSTOMS THROUGH COLLECTOR CUSTOMS AND 3 OTHERS
Respondent

Judgment & Analysis

General power to exempt from customs duties---Scope---Petitioner sought benefit of SRO No.575(I)/2006---Petitioner being a pharmaceutical company had manufactured certain drugs for which customized Air Handling Units (AHUs) were required to control temperature, humanity and pressure level---As per the understanding of petitioner the AHUs required by it were not locally manufactured---Petitioner had imported the AHUs at which it sought the benefit of the SRO No.575(I)/2006, dated 05-06-2006, which was denied---Contention of authorities was that the local manufacturers had the capacity to manufacture the required AHUs---Validity---Authorities had admitted that no physical verification was made to ascertain the statements of local manufacturers, who had claimed that they had the capacity to m...