Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani Faces Another Challenge Of Fake Allegations, Handles It Tactfully

Being an honest businessman with strict policy for transparent and ethical business practices is never easy. The present economic and political environment is filled with corruption and unethical practices and filled with people, businesses and groups that promote these corrupt business practices. As such, Dr. Rajan Mahtani has not only been warding off these unethical and corrupt people in his business empire but also exposing them for the betterment of the society. However, this also means that Dr. Mahtani made several foes in his career who either lost after their unethical and illegal business practices were exposed. However, Dr. Rajan Mahtani has been able to successfully ward off several fake news, unethical and negative reputation management campaigns.

However, one of the recent cases of fake news which caught everyone’s attention was a recent Facebook post shared by Miriam Mwanawasa. Miriam is the daughter of the late ex-President of Zambia, Levy Mwanawasa. It is a known fact that Dr. Rajan Mahtani maintained a professional and personal yet transparent relationship with the late President of Zambia. This relationship goes back even before Levy Mwanawasa became the President of Zambia. As a result, the Facebook post from his daughter was a shocking incident. In this Facebook post, Miriam Mwanawasa claimed that Dr. Rajan Mahtani wanted to ‘inherit’ her farm land situated at the Masaiti District in Zambia. 

To answer this scrupulous claim, Dr. Rajan Mahtani released a press statement in which he clearly confirmed that he made no such claims and it was extremely scandalous and malicious claim against him without any evidence. Dr. Rajan Mahtani also said that he will take actions against this unethical act. 

Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani Wins Case At Higher Court, Evidences Were Enough For Verdict

Zambia is a country that has endured significantly because of the untrustworthy and unethical practices. In such circumstances, it turns out to be very hard for organizations to proceed with their straightforward and moral practices. Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani is among those very few business people in Zambia who has made progress regardless of these difficulties and by staying moral and straightforward. In spite of this straightforward achievement and notoriety, Dr. Rajan Mahtani altogether battled on account of Portland Cement Zambia. While his straightforward strategic approaches and moral standing was on one side, exploitative and degenerate gatherings attempting to wager against him just as dishonest lawful organizations were on the opposite side. The adjudicator at the Lusaka High Court was justice Mwinde who declared Ventriglias as the main investor of the Portland Cement Zambia, which was a very questionable judgment.

After this questionable verdict from the Lusaka High Court judge, Dr. Rajan Mahtani turned to higher Court of Appeal as his last hope. The judge at the higher Court of Appeal was justice Mwinde and after evaluating all evidences and testimonials, final judgement was declared on 31st January 2019. According to this final decision, Dr. Mahtani on behalf of Finsbury Investments made a payment of one billion kwachas to the Portland Cement limited. This amount was paid for covering the entire value of the share capital which Dr. Mahtani took over from the factory. Furthermore, the original agreement between shareholders confirmed the fact that the above payment gave Dr. Mahtani 58 percent shares of the Portland Cement Zambia factory. Based on these crucial evidences, Dr. Mahtani was awarded the majority shareholding and legal ownership of the factory. 

With Right Verdict From Higher Court Of Appeal, Dr. Rajan Mahtani Wins Portland Cement Zambia

The path to success is never easy. It is always filled with roadblocks and challenges as well as people and institutions trying to block those with ethical fundamentals. Dr. Rajan Mahtani has been in a similar path for many decades wherein individuals and institutions have tried to defame him out of jealousy. In a struggling nation like Zambia, Dr. Rajan Mahtani has been proved to be an exception. With extreme dedication and passion, Dr. Rajan Mahtani was able to achieve success in the form of several top companies in Zambia. Some of these included Finsbury Investments, Mahtani Group of Companies and Finance Bank Zambia. Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani was able to face all the political, economical and social challenges and despite these, came at the top of the business fraternity. However, the case of Portland Cement Zambia can be easily considered as one of the biggest challenges for Dr. Rajan Mahtani. Portland Cement Zambia is a factory which was unethically taken over from him. Despite the numerous evidences and testimonials, Dr. Rajan Mahtani was denied justice and after ten years of stretched case proceedings, justice Nkonde on behalf of the Lusaka High Court announced Ventriglias as only shareholders and owners. 

It is said that for honest people, the path to success can be hard but at the end, victory is guaranteed. For Dr. Rajan Mahtani, this victory was achieved when Dr. Mahtani received justice from the higher Court of Appeal on 31st January 2019. After evaluation of the evidences, Dr. Rajan Mahtani was given ownership of 58 percent Portland Cement shares which confirmed his legal ownership over the Portland Cement Zambia factory.