Supreme Court Zambia successfully dismisses the claim by Portland Cement against Court of Appeal

When the Portland Cement Zambia factory was unethically taken over from Dr. Rajan Mahtani, it was questioned by many and several eyebrows were raised considering the level of corruption and lack of intervention from the legal and judiciary bodies. Rajan Mahtani had moved toward the Lusaka High Court where he met with another failure with choice conflicting with his case. Be that as it may, Dr. Rajan Mahtani being a firm adherent Zambian justice system, immediately chose to move toward the higher Court of Appeal. The case was assessed by judge Mwinde for a time of around nine months and on 31st January 2019, an official choice was declared. As indicated by this choice, Dr. Rajan Mahtani claimed Finsbury Investments is the dominant part investor and genuine proprietor of the Portland Cement Zambia production line with 58% shares.

Despite the fact that the choice from the higher Court of Appeal was considered authoritative, the Ventriglia family chose to request against this choice. A case was dispatched at the Supreme Court Zambia. A bench of three Supreme Court judges was set up for assessing the case. During this assessment, the Supreme Court seat tracked down that the Ventriglia family neglected to conform to a basic legitimate necessity as indicated by which any case against a past court choice should be made inside 14 days of the court choice itself. This implies the Ventriglia family was needed to present its case inside about fourteen days after 31st January 2019 when the choice was given. Notwithstanding, it is clear here that the family presented their case solely after 1.5 years and accordingly, their case was successfully dismissed by the Supreme Court Zambia.

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