Dr. Rajan Mahtani is a celebrated businessman in Zambia. In this business career spanning more than three decades, he has faced numerous good and bad events and has come out as one of the most successful , honest and transparent businessman in Zambia. He is the owner of companies like Mahtani Group of Companies and Finsbury Investment. He is an avid charity worker and has made numerous contributions for the social and economic development of Zambia societies and communities.

Dr. Mahtani has been fighting for the legal takeover of another one of his establishments for the past ten years, Portland Cement Zambia. During these trial years, numerous changes were seen such as transfer of judges and non-availability of the respondents or evidences from their side. However, no judgment was given even though the lawyers from Dr. Mahtani’s end left no stones unturned in securing and providing critical evidences for supporting his claim.

The judge overseeing the case at present, Justice Nkonde, made a positive announcement few months earlier when he stated that in order to speed up the judgment process, the case hearing was over. This meant the judge would not take any more trials. Both parties were asked to submit evidences and testimonials in written as well as oral format. Based on these testimonials and evidences, the justice was supposed to make the final verdict. It was a winning situation for Dr. Mahtani as his evidences were all factual and more prominent than those submitted by the respondents. However, the final verdict announced by the judge was a shocking phenomenon. The judge announced the final verdict against Dr. Mahtani. It was clear that the significant evidences were not even taken into account.

While this judgment is certainly surprising and shocking, Dr. Mahtani has now taken action against this misdirected judgment. An appeal has been made at the higher court of appeal at Zambia wherein Dr. Mahtani has shared details of the event and is awaiting response.