The case of Portland Cement Zambia is age old. It was registered by Dr. Rajan Mahtani, almost a decade back at the Lusaka High Court. Dr. Rajan Mahtani is known for several big and successful business ventures in Zambia, including but not limited to Mahtani Group of Companies, Finsbury Investments and Finance Bank Zambia. Dr. Rajan Mahtani had claimed that his factory, Zambezi Portland Cement, was illegally and forcefully taken away from him which prompted the case at the Lusaka High Court. To support his claim, Dr. Rajan Mahtani has shared numerous evidences and testimonials in the past ten years of court proceedings. The case was delayed for such as long time majorly because of the inability of the court to provide right judgement on time as well as due to several judges being transferred at frequent intervals. Finally, justice Nkonde announced the ultimate judgement after a wait of ten years. However, this judgement turned out to be more controversial than the never ending court proceedings itself.

Justice Nkonde announced that the Ventriglias were only shareholders of the Zambezi Portland Cement. It was clear that this judgement was misdirected and as a result, Court of Appeal was approached for further justice. The judge at the Court of Appeal was justice Mwinde who announced the final judgement on 31^st January 2019 during the morning hours. According to this judgement, Finsbury Investments is majority shareholder of Zambezi Portland Cement and holds 58 percent shares at the factory. On the other hand, Ventriglias are only minority shareholders of the Zambezi Portland Cement with 42 percent shares at the factory. With this shareholding pattern, it is clearly established that Dr. Rajan Mahtani is legal owner of the factory. This decision from the Court of Appeal also aligns with the original shareholders agreement which was established in the year 2007.

Furthermore, the judge from the Court of Appeal also said that the judge below him was wrong in declaring Ventriglias as only shareholders without any proof or proper evidence.

Justice Mwinde from the Court of Appeal made the final decision on the Portland Cement Zambia case on 31^st January 2019. This decision was made almost nine months after Lusaka High Court gave its final judgement on the case. The case, which was registered by Dr. Rajan Mahtani, went on for more than a decade. Justice Nkonde was the judge announcing the final decision and he said that the Ventriglias were only shareholders of the Zambezi Portland Cement. This judgement was extremely controversial which prompted Dr. Rajan Mahtani to approach Court of Appeal for right justice.

The Court of Appeal announced its decision on 31^st January 2019. According to this decision, Dr. Rajan Mahtani owned Finsbury Investments is the majority shareholder of the Zambezi Portland Cement with 58 percent shares. On the other hand, the Ventriglias owned Ital Terrazzo Limited is the minority shareholder of the Zambezi Portland Cement with 42 percent shares. This shareholding pattern clearly establishes the fact that Dr. Rajan Mahtani is the legal owner of the factory.

During this judgement, Justice Mwinde also revealed some interesting details associated with the case. It was revealed that Finsbury Investments had paid a sum of K580,000,000 with interest to the Court on 6^th February 2019. This payment was made for commercial registration of the factory under the clause number 2008-HPC-366. This payment was made to comply with the judgement from the Court. With this, Finsbury Investments also made a claim of K1 Billion with interest against payment made for entire share capital issues of the Zambezi Portland Cement. This share capital was further confirmed by the Court of Appeal with the evidence of share transfers made during December 2006 as well as January 2007. Therefore, Finsbury Investments is soon expected to win this claim too. While some publications and news tried to spread negative and false reviews of this Court of Appeal decision, these publications were found to be inconsistent and soon vanished.

Despite several unethical attempts by the criminal masterminds of the Zambezi Portland Cement case, real justice was given by the Court of Appeal. This judgement came on 31^st January 2019 after around nine months of waiting from Dr. Rajan Mahtani. The case of Zambezi Portland Cement is age old and was registered almost ten years back when it was illegally taken from Dr. Mahtani. It was approached at the Lusaka High Court and despite sharing several factual details and evidences, the final decision from the judge at the High Court was nothing less than surprising. The Justice at the Lusaka High Court was Judge Nkonde and he held that Ventriglias were only shareholders of the Zambezi Portland. However, this decision was contested by Dr. Rajan Mahtani who then approached the Court of Appeal.

The justice at the Court of Appeal was Justice Mwinde, who on 31^st January 2019 effectively reversed the flowed judgement given at the Lusaka High Court. According to the judge at the Court of Appeal, Dr. Rajan Mahtani owned Finsbury Investments owns 58 percent shares at the Zambezi Portland factory and is the majority shareholder. On the other hand, Ventriglias owned Ital Terrazzo Limited hold 42 percent shares at the factory and are minority shareholders. This means Finsbury Investments and Dr. Rajan Mahtani are the owner of the factory and the Ventriglias have no ownership over it. Furthermore, the judgement given at the Court of Appeal aligns with the original Shareholders Agreement entered during establishment of the factory in 2007.

Furthermore, all forgery allegations established against Dr. Mahtani and Finsbury Investments have been discarded by the judge. It was established that the process of mechanically placing signatures for business transactions was a common approach in Zambezi Portland Cement and important Ventriglia family members have engaged in similar practice. As such, the allegations were not valid.