By CHARLES MUSONDATHE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has been asked to reject late submissions filed by the State in the case where a local contractor is ac-cused of forgery, uttering false documents and obtaining pecuniary advantage.In this case, G&G Nationwide (Zambia) Limited director Christopher Banda has been accused of forging a Road Development Agency (RDA) contract and a National Council for Construction (NCC) certificate of contract used to obtain a contract on the Mansa-Luwingu road from Chi-na Henan; and obtaining a contract worth U$1, 168 ,052.00.When the matter came up for ruling on whether or not Banda has a case to answer, Lusaka Chief Resident Magistrate Lameck Mwale ob-served that he had just received the State’s submissions in the morning.In response defence lawyer Charles Changano told Mr. Mwale to dismiss the late submissions in line with standard law practice and the court agreed in the affirmative.The court could however not rule on the main matter as […]
Reject late submissions, court told
