Finsbury Investments is one of the top organizations within Zambia. It is an investment firm owned by Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani, a noted businessman in Zambia. In the year 2006, Finsbury Investments was given 58 percent shares of the Portland Cement Zambia factory which made it the majority shareholder and legal owner of the factory. However, trouble started knocking the door of the factory when the Ventriglias took a steep turn and unethically acquired the Portland Cement Factory with the help of goons. Dr. Rajan Mahtani was forced to approach the Lusaka High Court with the hope of quick response. However, the court proceedings at Lusaka High Court dragged for more than a decade and despite having all evidences and testimonials, Dr. Rajan Mahtani was not given the justice he deserved. He then approached the higher Court of Appeal with his claim. The judge at the higher Court of Appeal was justice Mwinde and after looking into the evidences, final decision was given on 31st January 2019. In this decision, justice Mwinde effectively reversed the judgement from the Lusaka High Court and announced Finsbury Investments as the actual owner of the Zambezi Portland factory with majority shareholding. Furthermore, justice Mwinde also confirmed that the amount payable against the majority shares owned by Finsbury Investments is K580,000.
In another twist, the Ventriglias approached the Supreme Court with claims that the decision from higher Court of Appeal as incorrect. However, after evaluation, the Supreme Court bench have effectively rejected this claim based on grounds that the case was not legally acceptable due to its late appeal and the circumstances surrounding the appeal were dubious. As such, Portland Cement Zambia factory stays with Dr. Rajan Mahtani.
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