The Lusaka High Court Judge, Mwiinde Siavwapa has expressed his views with regard to share forgery in the name of Dr. Rajan Mahtani. He felt that the incident of re-opening a permanently case is extremely unfortunate and with the inclusion of key people like Attorney General, Likando Kalaluka and acting DPP, Lillian Siyunyi, the same should have taken place.
In his explanation, he commented that if a judgement has been passed by a judge in a certain case in the past, then the same should continue to hold value. Reopening the case or trying to change the given judgement would be a dishonour for the seat which the judge. The prosecution of the mentioned case took place in 2012 itself where based on the evidences and facts, Dr. Rajan Mahtani was declared to be innocent.
Things took a turnaround in 2015, when Edgar Lungu became the President of Zambia. The deportation of the Ventriglia family was lifted under undisclosed circumstances and they came back in Africa to start this litigation once again.
Few months back, the lawyer of the Ventriglia family had tried to force changes in PACRA’s records. He did so by forcing a junior officer to make the changes and immediately informing Zambia Reports to publish the same story. The changes were made without intimating the High Court and hence, was illegal.
It is extremely disheartening to witness such conspiracy in Zambia. After High Court Judge, Mwiinde Siavwapa had concluded that Dr. Rajan Mahtani was innocent and the claim of the Ventriglia family will not be entertained, the conspirators once again used Zambia Reports to ventilate their anger. This time they did so talking rubbish about Hon’ble Judge Siavwapa. The people of Zambia now fear that another conspiracy might start after the settlement made by the Lusaka High Court.