It is the duty of the court of any nation to make critical decisions. These decisions are expected to provide justice to the people, hope for the distressed and punishment for people and entities who think they are above the law. However, when the legal and judiciary systems of a nation are compromised, it becomes very difficult for the people of the nation to depend on the government, giving rise to corruption, unethical practices and chaos. As such, very few businesses and individuals are able to maintain an ethical standing in such scenario. Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani has remained one of these few.
The recent details shared by the Court of Appeal judge clearly confirmed the same. After more than a decade of wait and even after that not being given the right justice, Dr. Mahtani did not lose hope and did not opt for any unethical practice. Rather, he approached the higher Court of Appeal with an appeal to look into his evidences. And when these evidences were evaluated, everything was transparent. When giving the final statement on the Zambezi Portland Cement case on 31st January 2019, justice Mwinde from the Court of Appeal stated that Dr. Mahtani owned Finsbury Investments have already paid USD 250,000 or 1 billion kwachas to Zambezi Portland limited for taking ownership of 58 percent shares of the factory. This exchange took place in 2005 and the details can be found on the page 663 of the volume ‘record of appeal’ in the original shareholders agreement. This agreement is a clear proof that Dr. Mahtani is the actual owner and majority shareholder of the factory and despite this, the evidence was somehow not taken into consideration during the previous court proceeding at Lusaka High Court.
Now that Dr. Mahtani is rightfully owning the factory, he has an uphill task to take the factory to its previous glory.
