The Lahore High Court (LHC) was informed on Monday that a hefty amount of Rs2 trillion was help up in litigation at the Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (ATIR) over the past several years.
The law ministry said in its reply to a petition against the Tax Laws (Amendment) Act that the cases were stuck for a variety of reasons, including arbitrary constitution of benches, inadequate number of benches, delay in fixation of cases and disposal of the appeals.
LHC Justice Jawad Hassan took up the petition in which certain modifications to the appellate procedure provided under the Income Tax Ordinance (ITO) had been challenged. The judge summoned the relevant Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) official on March 25 to explain the amendments.
During the proceedings, Justice Hassan noted that the ITO prescribed procedure of pecuniary jurisdiction in appeals. However, he added: "Through the impugned amendment one forum of appeal has been taken away."
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