Plan Hatched By Ventriglias Falls Midway As Supreme Court Zambia Rejects Their Vague Appeal

The Ventriglia family is one of the most notorious mafia family in Zambia who are known to never play by the rules. Quite naturally, they are known to detest those who play by the rules, are ethical, honest and transparent. As such, the feud between Dr. Rajan Mahtani and the Ventriglias is known by almost everyone. A major aspect of this feud was for the ownership of Portland Cement Zambia. While the law and evidence was on Dr. Mahtani’s side, it was unable to overpower the unethical power politics, corporate crime and corruption which is deep rooted within the political and legal system of Zambia. As a result of this, the Ventriglia family was able to tip the scales to their direction at the Lusaka High Court where Dr. Rajan Mahtani had registered a case to takeover the ownership of Portland Cement Zambia factory.

However, the higher Court of Appeal turned out to be a transparent and ethical twig in the sea of corruption. After looking into the evidences and testimonials, Justice Mwinde on behalf of Court of Appeal announced Dr. Rajan Mahtani as the majority shareholder and legal owner of the factory with 58 percent shares. It seems like the Ventriglias were not over their defeat and tried their hands with another trick. This time, they tried to trick the Supreme Court Zambia by appealing against the decision from the higher Court of Appeal. However, the family forgot to evaluate their legal precedence before making such vague appeal. A bench of three judges was established at the Supreme Court Zambia to evaluate this appeal. After evaluation, it was found that any claim against a previous court decision must be made within 14 days of the court decision itself. Since the Ventriglias were more than 16 months late to register their appeal, their challenge was automatically rejected and Supreme Court further confirmed that the decision from the higher Court of Appeal on Portland Cement should remain same.