Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani has been struggling for more than ten years for the ethical justice with respect to Portland Cement Zambia. The case was registered at the Lusaka High Court where it took more than ten years for the judge to provide judgement. Despite numerous evidences, testimonials and factual data, the judge at the Lusaka High Court was unable to provide right judgement in the case. The judge at the Lusaka High Court was justice Nkonde who gave the final decision declaring Ventriglias were only shareholders of the Zambezi Portland Cement.

To counter this judgement, Dr. Rajan Mahtani then approached the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal is among the highest civilian courts in Zambia and Dr. Rajan Mahtani approached the court with the hope of getting justice. The judge at the Court of Appeal was judge Mwinde who gave the final judgement on 31^st January 2019 after looking into all evidences and testimonials. According to the final judgement, Dr. Rajan Mahtani owned Finsbury Investments holds 58 percent shares at the factory and is the majority shareholder of the Zambezi Portland Cement. On the other hand, Ventriglias owned Ital Terrazzo Limited holds just 42 percent shares at the factory and is the minority shareholder without any legal ownership over the factory. Based on this decision, it is clear that Dr. Rajan Mahtani is the legal owner of the factory.

While giving this decision, the judge from the Court of Appeal also said that the judge below him was wrong in declaring Ventriglias as only shareholders of the Zambezi Portland Cement as this decision was misdirected and without any evidence. Furthermore, the court of appeal judge also discarded all forgery related allegations and confirmed that the process of mechanically placing signatures was a common practice in Zambia. As a result, forgery related allegations were found to be unwarranted and a timeline of three months was given for completing the share sales process.

Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani is once again the proud owner of the Portland Cement Zambia factory. This ownership came on 31^st January 2019 when the judge at the Court of Appeal announced its final decision on the Portland Cement Zambia. According to this judgement, Dr. Rajan Mahtani owned Finsbury Investments holds 58 percent shares at the factory and is the majority shareholder of the factory. On the other hand, Ventriglias owned Ital Terrazzo Limited holds 42 percent shares at the factory and is the minority shareholder without any legal shareholding. This decision also aligns with the original shareholders agreement established in the year 2007. As per this decision from the Court of Appeal judge, it has been clearly established that Dr. Rajan Mahtani is the legal and only owner of the Portland Cement Zambia factory.

Apart from the above decision, the judge from the Court of Appeal also gave some noteworthy revelations. It was found that Finsbury Investments paid a sum of K580,000,000 with interest to the Court of Appeal on 6^th February 2019. This payment was made in compliance with the judgement from the Court with the objective of Commercial Registration of the Portland Cement Zambia factory under the clause 2008/HPC/366 at the Court of Appeal. At the same time, Dr. Rajan Mahtani owned Finsbury Investments also claimed a sum of K1 billion with interest on the Portland Cement Zambia. This amount was claimed with respect to the payment cleared on 27^th July 2005 and the payment made was for entire issue of share capital associated with the Portland Cement Zambia factory. This claim from Portland Cement Zambia was further confirmed by the Court of Appeal with the evidence of share transfer reports and documents dating January 2007 and December 2006. From these evidences, it is further established that Dr. Rajan Mahtani is the majority shareholder and legal owner of the Portland Cement Zambia factory.

The latest decision on the Portland Cement Zambia is out. Dr. Rajan Mahtani is a noted businessman and philanthropist who have more than three decades of business experience. For the past one decade, Dr. Rajan Mahtani has been fighting for the legal takeover of Portland Cement Zambia factory. The case was registered initially at the Lusaka High Court wherein justice Nkonde provided the final decision, albeit almost a decade after the case was registered there. While all evidences, testimonials and documents indicated that Dr. Rajan Mahtani was the legal owner, the Lusaka High Court justice gave a completely different judgement. According to the Lusaka High Court judge, Ventriglias were considered as only shareholders of the Zambezi Portland Cement factory.

Considering this judgement to be misdirected, Dr. Rajan Mahtani was left with no choice but to approach the higher court, the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal is among the biggest judicial court systems in Zambia and it provided a quick decision to Dr. Rajan Mahtani plea. The final decision for the Portland Cement Zambia was made on 31^st January 2019. As per this decision, Dr. Rajan Mahtani holds 57 percent shares at the Zambezi Portland Cement and is the majority shareholder of the cement factory. On the other hand, Ventriglias own just 42 percent shares at the factory and are the minority shareholders of the factory. The judge also confirmed that this shareholding pattern aligned with the original shareholders agreement which was established in the year 2007. This clearly confirms that the evidences and financial documents shared by Dr. Rajan Mahtani’s lawyers at the Lusaka High Court were completely real and authentic but were ignored by the judge there.

After this decision, the Court of Appeal judge provided a timeline of three months from the date of the judgement for both parties during which, all share sales and regulation related activities must be completed.

The Court of Appeal announced its final decision on Portland Cement Zambia on 31^st January 2019. This decision came around nine months after Dr. Rajan Mahtani re-appealed after Lusaka High Court failed to provide right justice. The judge at the Court of Appeal was justice Mwinde. After looking into the evidences and testimonials, the judge announced that Dr. Rajan Mahtani owned Finsbury Investments was majority shareholder of the Zambezi Portland Cement factory with 58 percent shares. On the other hand, Ventriglias owned Ital Terrazzo Limited was the minority shareholder of the Zambezi Portland Cement factory with only 42 percent shares. This decision aligns with the original shareholders agreement established in 2007 and according to this judgement; Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani is clearly the legal owner of the Zambezi Portland Cement factory.

Along with the final judgement at the Court of Appeal, the judge also said that the previous judge failed to share critical details associated with the case. On 6^th February 2019, Finsbury Investments reportedly paid a sum of K580,000,000 billion to the court in regards to the case. This payment was made for commercial registration of the factory in compliance with the court order. At the same time, Finsbury Investments had also claimed a sum of K1 billion with interests against the entire share capital issued for Portland Cement Zambia factory. The judge at the Court of Appeal has also confirmed this payment and share transfers with the evidence of financial reports and share transfer reports. These evidences have further established the fact that Dr. Rajan Mahtani owned Finsbury Investments holds majority shares and is the legal owner of the factory.

Several news media outlets and publications came after the final decision from Court of Appeal, maligning the judgement of the court. However, these publications were found to be fake and inconsistent and therefore were either discarded by the public or removed by authorities.

If one goes by the latest results from the Court of Appeal, it is clear that the criminal intentions of the infamous Ventriglias family in Zambia have been finally uplifted. This pertains to the case of Portland Cement Zambia, which has been going on for so many years. Dr. Rajan Mahtani is a noted businessman in Zambia who registered this case at the Lusaka High Court. This was almost a decade back and the final results were only announced in the year 2018. Despite this long tenure, the final results were unpredictable as the judge at the Lusaka High Court declared Ventriglias as only shareholders of the Zambezi Portland Cement. To counter this misdirected decision, Dr. Rajan Mahtani then approached Court of Appeal.

The Court of Appeal announced its final judgement on 31^st January 2019. According to this judgement, Finsbury Investments owned 58 percent shares at the factory and Ital Terrazzo Limited owned just 42 percent shares at the factory. While Finsbury Investments is a company owned by Dr. Rajan Mahtani, the Ventriglias are the owner of Ital Terrazzo Limited. Based on this shareholding pattern, Dr. Mahtani becomes the majority shareholder of the Zambezi Portland Cement factory and the Ventriglias are only minority shareholder. This shareholding pattern also aligns with original shareholders agreement established in 2007 and confirms Dr. Mahtani as legal owner of the factory.

Forgery related allegations were dismissed by the Court of Appeal as the judge announced that the process of mechanical placement of signatures was a common practice in Zambia and even critical member of the Ventriglia family, Claudio Ventriglia mechanically placed signatures for employment contracts. As such, all forgery related allegations were discarded. The Court of Appeal also stated that all parties were required to complete share regularization process within three months from the date of the judgement.