FTO restrained from using contempt of court power

16 Aug, 2014

the Lahore High Court here on Friday restrained Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) from invoking contempt of court powers. The court was hearing a petition moved by a bar member, Akram. He contended that federal tax ombudsman was using contempt of court powers under Article 204 of the Constitution, which is unconstitutional as FTO was created as a result of a statutory law. To this, the court restrained FTO from using contempt of court powers till a final decision of the petition.

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