The case of Portland Cement Zambia has become a prime case study for people who want understand the challenges and limitations of law and order and their impact on industry and corporate houses as well as general citizens. The cement manufacturing factory has been fought for by two big business parties of Zambia, one of them being Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani. Dr. Rajan Mahtani is a noted businessman in Zambia with more than 30 years of experience. He has claimed ownership over the factory and even after submitting numerous evidences and testimonials over the course of 10 years of the case, he has not received judgement from any of the numerous judges who have evaluated the case during this time. However, the most unfortunate situation has been for Portland Cement Zambia, the factory for which the fight is going on.

Among all this difficult situations, the major loss is occurring to the factory, which does not have any leadership to take case. Without Dr. Rajan Mahtani’s leadership, the factory production has gone downhill with majority of the workers leaving the factory due to non-payment of wages, factory cashbox being emptied, non-maintenance of the assets, machineries and equipments have resulted in decreased production. Some of the experts have also come to a conclusion that if the factory is not revived now with appropriate leadership, the chances of revival becomes nil for the factory.

So, everyone was shocked when the judge announced its final verdict on the factory. The final verdict was given against Dr. Rajan Mahtani’s claims. This has been clearly considered as one of the sad days for the Zambian law and governance. Even with clear evidentiary support, the final verdict was given to a party that has no strong evidences. As of now, Dr. Rajan Mahtani has made an appeal to the higher court against this judgment.