The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday accepted the pleas against the summon notices that had been sent to people by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) under Anti-Money Laundering (AML) without telling them any reason, declaring all those notices illegal.
The court, however, rejected the pleas against the cases filed by the FBR and also the pleas against the FBR summon notices that had been sent with the mentioning of a reason, according to 24NewsHD TV channel.
Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza pronounced the reserved judgment on 382 petitions. Muhammad Mohsin Virk and other lawyers appeared on behalf of the petitioners.
“The non-disclosure of bank account details in tax returns is not an offense under Anti-Money Laundering,” the court said.
“The FBR is not authorised to hear cases under Anti-Money Laundering that had been registered before 2020,” it added.
“The direct issuance of notice by the FBR is also a violation of the already issued court decision,” it stated.
It merits a mention here that the judgment against the AML call-up notices was reserved on June 30, 2022.
Reporter: Malik Ashraf