The Lahore High Court on Monday restrained two members of the Appellate Tribunal of the Inland Revenue from holding their offices on a writ petition filed by Anwaar-ul-Haq.
Lahore High Court Justice Umar Ata Bindail issued orders for restraining Muhammad Asghar Paswal and Muhammad Anwer Javed, judicial members of the Appellate Tribunal of Inland Revenue.
In his orders, the judge observed that both the members of the Appellate Tribunal were not eligible for appointment as they did not have 10 years of active experience as advocates of the high court, which was a requirement for their appointment.
It is pertinent to point out that these people were appointed by former law minister Babar Awan and former law secretary Masood Chasit.
— asked to hammer petroleum price increase: A petition was filed on Monday before Lahore High Court challenging the recent increase in petroleum prices. The petition has been fixed for hearing before chief justice Lahore High Court Sh Azmat Saeed on Tuesday (today). On behalf of Mohammad & Ahmad, a public interest litigation company, this petition was filed contending that recent increase in petroleum prices was violation of article 23, 13, 15, 9, and 24 of the constitution. He said the government decision is violation of article 3 that protects fundamental rights of the citizens.
The petitioner stated that the government enhances price of petroleum products after short intervals, which causes price hike of other item that is unjust to the people.
He stated that a petition was pending in which he had prayed that the government should be directed to give details about the method of determination for revising the petroleum products regarding cost of production and cost of supply including charging of different levies, duties and taxes and further disbursement of above collections to the different heads. He further prayed that the petitioner may be directed to supply with the audited accounts of all the respondents connected with the production and supply of the petroleum products specifying the details of category wise with complete profit and loss accounts through certified audited accounts. He stated that the government had not provided details in his earlier petition and now had again increased the prices. He requested that government should provide the details of the all increases, which were carried out during their tenure. He also requested to issue a stay order against the recent increase in prices.
