VEDANTA Resources Holdings Limited has applied for leave in the Lusaka High Court to commence judicial review proceedings against the decision of the acting Official Receiver, Celine Nair, to replace Milingo Lungu as Provisional Liquidator of Konkola Copper Mines (in liquidation). The company argues that only the Court has the jurisdiction to appoint a Provisional Liquidator. Vedanta, as an ex- parte, in the matter of the people v The Official Receiver, wants the Lusaka High Court to grant it an order of certiorari to remove into the High Court for the purpose of quashing the decision, as well as, a declaration that the said decision is illegal and null and void ab initio. The company also wants to be granted...

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