Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani’s journey of getting back his belonging has been tough. It was a belonging which was nurtured with great love and care and the results were self-explanatory as the cement manufacturing factory quickly become one of the biggest producers of quality cement in town. The factory also started to attract talented and skilled manpower from across the nation, further improving its overall productivity and revenues. This Portland Cement Zambia factory was then unethically and illegally taken over shortly after. It can be said that there were jealous minds behind it. While a case was registered at the Lusaka High Court, it failed miserably to provide proper justice to Dr. Mahtani and his company. Even after a decade of court proceedings, justice Nkonde announced that Ventriglias were only shareholders of the Portland Cement Zambia factory.
While most of the consultants and people under Dr. Mahtani suggested him to leave the case and the factory, Dr. Rajan Mahtani decided to take one more chance with his fate. Dr. Mahtani decided that Lusaka High Court is not the highest court in Zambia and thus, it is not the highest court to decide on the fate of his factory. As such, Dr. Mahtani finally decided to approach the higher Court of Appeal which is the highest civilian court in Zambia. The judge at the court was justice Mwinde and after several court proceedings as well as evaluation of the evidences, final decision from the Court of Appeal arrived on 31st January 2019. The verdict is known to all. Dr. Mahtani was given the majority shareholding and legal ownership of the factory and this decision was considered as final.
