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Thursday 22 March 2012

Court in Lagos jail three Indian directors

The Ganglani brothers
Three Indian brothers, Chandru Ganglani, Bharat Ganglani and Trishul Ganglani who are directors of a plastic company in Lagos, Sacvin Nigeria Limited, were this morning sentenced to one month imprisonment without an option of fine by a Federal High Court in Lagos, for disobeying the order of the court.

Cause of wahala: Another plastic company, VIK company instituted a legal action against Sacvin Company for selling plastic products identical in design to theirs and making them (VIK) lose money.

A court in Lagos made an interim order restraining Sacvin from manufacturing and selling the plastic products but the company directors disobeyed court order and continued manufacturing, supplying and selling the products. When they appeared in court today, they were sentenced to one month in prison.

53 comments:

the white enchantress said...

if na house of rep members court no go get power sentence dem bc dem b oyibo una don get mouth.

Corne63 said...

Wish the sentences could be longer than that, as these indians has no regard to neither anybody nor our law.

yinotinto said...

in my opinion, after they are through serving their terms they should just deport them. i am tired of ds indians, lebanese wahala in our mother land. ki lode. they are all over the place feeling fly. may be boko haram should change their target to these ppl, they are ripping us big time. for me o, I CAN NEVER LIKE DS PPL. I HATE THEM LIKE SHIT

Anonymous said...

saaad !

Anonymous said...

One month for contempt of court? Question is, did they try and get an injunction to stop the other court order from being enforced?

Anonymous said...

Serves them right.These people have done unimaginable things to our citizens.You work for them and in the end no gratuity.Machone cuts off your fingers and you are on your own.Salary very poor,pay 20k and use the hell out of you.

Anonymous said...

I wish all these indians will just go away from nigeria. I dislike them so much, i worked for an indian firm in lagos and they treath their staffs like CRAP


arrrghhhh please Ghana sorry Indian must go very soon . Its obasanjo i blame ooo.

Anonymous said...

LOL

Anonymous said...

Slum dog millionaires won't take us for a ride for too long

Admin said...

"...imprisonment without an option of fine, for disobeying the order of the court." I don't know why we keep bringing these people to manage our companies in the first place , when we have competent Nigerians that can perform better when given the necessary facilities and good working conditions.
When we travel out most times, we hustle to make ends meet. When they come as expatriate (turning us to slaves in our own land) they are here to hustle as well, right? So they should respect and obey the rule of the Land before exploiting us. When you are in ROME you behave Like a ROMAN

emma said...

Is this 4 real?hope our judiciary is restructured 4 d best.
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Anonymous said...

Now now NAIJA dey wake-up, how come that "Ato un rinwa" (India) go come and do as they like here. Kudo to the judge.

Anonymous said...

Nice one... This should be extended to political steads.

Fatimah said...

Lagos is not a jungle, awooo! Now they would learn to respect d laws and also constituted authorities in Nigeria or at least Lagos.

Shame to see respectable looking men going to jail though.

Unknown said...

They have experienced the corporate world in Nigeria.Let them experience the prison world too.
I hope they dont come out BLACK.

K said...

Imprisonment really??? They should have fined them and asked them to discontinue the replica product. Umm na wo for Naija. They never know how to use their legal system.

Atobatele said...

Una don enter ahm....for naija cell ehn...una go suffer no be small.

Anonymous said...

Hahaha they think this is India. Kudos Nigeria

NKECHI said...

Lol @ One month in prisonment, but the pic I see above does not look like they are under arest.

TruSon said...

Truth be told, the disposition of a good number of the foreign nationals to the laws of the land often exceed the bounds of good taste.
They exploit the lapses in the judicial system for their own selfish benefits. This should send a clear message to others that the rules of the land are sacrosanct and binding on all.

Modupsy said...

GOod call!! Stuff dey can't do in their own country..

Anonymous said...

Welldone. Im loving this. The think they can get away with any rubbish

Anonymous said...

Naim good for them. They were looking down on the Nigerian Courts. Yeye people. I can just imagine the way they treat their Nigerian employees. Can they disobey court orders in their country?

The employees must have had horrible working conditions as is synonymous with their type. Mschewww! They should lock them up and throw away the keys.

Anonymous said...

There is something fundamentally wrong with our judicial system in nigeria. One month isn't enough to make these bloody indians remorse enough the Judge should have given them at least 6-9months. That way they would be sober and it will serve as a deterrence to other fellow indians who's M.O is contravening the Laws of the Country and Law Labours. Am sure even that one month sentence will not be spent within the confines of a jail; if I know the typical bloody dirty, smelling of garlic indian man!

Anonymous said...

Iyen naa nice lmao. Yinka

Anonymous said...

Thats good justice for them. Next time they will obey court order in nigeria........harrison

Anonymous said...

Des curry-smelling-garlic-breath-disgusting-indians always think dey r above black ppl. Shame some ignorant nigerians refer 2 dem as white wen racially, we r above dem. Y give dem a month jail sentence wen dey r supsd 2 pay a huge settlement 2 d oda company 4 immitation and disobedience. A month is rubbish...dey need 2 pay a huge fine.

NO said...

ooooooh no! Only one month? Mtcheeeeeh!

NO said...

Ooooooh no! Only one month? Mtcheeeeew!

Anonymous said...

Do they deserve to be punished? Yes... However does the punishment fit the crime? No... I think a very hefty fine would have been appropriate but then again I remember the extreme Lagos state took when churches defiled the no noise policy so I am guessing naija is a place of taking judgements to extremes

Anonymous said...

I am, the no Sender.

Ten happy gbozas for the Judge that sentenced them. Somehow, one way or the other, Naija go level up.

PoLyMaT said...

Yes ooo!++itz tym justice b justice---bt 1 month---waznt dat 2 smaaalll***

RAVEN said...

Very good,nonsence pple

Anonymous said...

Were they really sentenced to prison or with the option of paying a fine? A month at whatever prison is not much at all.

debbyt said...

Well served

Olori said...

Emmmmmm!!good for dem, selfish Indian people.

Fearless! said...

Good for them,even if Nigerians are disobeying (which in itself is very very bad),which one is their own!
Indians!!! Na wa oh

Anonymous said...

They should be deported!!

Ofilispeaks.com said...

Finally our Nigerian government if fighting for Nigerians instead of against them. My Dad was in the Plastic industry and it was dominated by Indians (nothing wrong with that) but our government unlike America and other COuntries, does nothing to help its people compete. Maybe this is a change....who knows...

Anonymous said...

They deserve their punishment for their disobedience, but the racist comments are disgusting. You cannot racially abuse all Indians as being smelly and want them deported. Nigeria is slowly becoming multicultural- like all developing countries are- so get use to it!!

Anonymous said...

Good for them. Really cant stand Indians.. They have no regard for us. Dirty Punjaby Indians

Anonymous said...

Indians r not oyinbos

Anonymous said...

Nigeria should continue to arrest these useless celebrities in the country. They think they can do whatever.

Anonymous said...

Great! no Indian Curry and Basmati rice for one month.

These people aren't white so why do we classify non-black people as white? lol

I don't like the Chinese, Indian, white and Lebanese people in Nigeria. They think they are better than us and are above the law. Well, I don't blame them when our people have inferior complex and would rather give these racists work.
these aliens aren't shit in their countries. Black people continue to mess up themselves. They worship people that aren't black. My landlord is North Korean and this guy doesn't hire any other person outside his country to work on his house. My dear people on the other hand, would rather hire other races because they feel other races with the REAL silky hair are better than them! BS!!!

Anonymous said...

@K, you are absolutely right. How will 1 month term compensate the initial plantiff for their loss. They should've been made to pay for their cost of business.

I however need to ask, was the initial product patented? I suppose not. Maybe they stole intellectual property but I'm not sure if this is a crime.

Nonetheless, I think the indians,lebanese or all foreigners are keeping the real sector alive in Nigeria. How many indigenous factories are still running? We are more pre-occupied with buying bentley's and g-wagons we often end up running our companies bankrupt. The foreigners have the expertise, management capabilities, deliver standard products. They manage hotels, restaurants, factories, construction, etc better. It will do us a ton of good to learn from them, without the intent to defraud, kill or cut corners in delivering service. How many nigerian restaurants as old as double 4 are still open? Even with their run down facilities and tacky surroundings, their food remains d same and people still troop there. What did we do with our ikoyi hotel and fed palace? Why is standard chartered still the most prestigious bank imbibing professionalism and ethics, when our indigenous banks hire based on how pretty a girl is?

We need to wake up and smell the coffee, learn new global standards, else we remain where we are, gross poverty in an oil producing country. Sad!!!

Blak kofee

Anonymous said...

What is sad about it? Me I de UK I dom go 3months just for working illegally. And paying tax o! Infant na 12months them for get.

Anonymous said...

if have my way i won't give them 12hrs to pack out from our country they are the most useless aminal i have ever seeing ,i don't call them oyibo i call them white albino bcous they feel so inferior to white that why they behave the way ? they are the most worst human being, and i know thier days are nomber when bh we start on them.

Anonymous said...

Injunction to stop a court order? I don't think you're asking the right question.
Valerie.

Anonymous said...

Global market is one thing but contravening and having a total disregard for the law of the land is another..1 month ke!!..indians normally take the piss..u give them an inch they would take a mile..they need to cut their wings what are they doing that a 9ja person couldn't???..and if we have to put up with their 1st class hygiene..@St8frmdahips..

Anonymous said...

LOL @ all the scornful comments.

Anonymous said...

These curry's who have no regard for Nigeria and Nigerians need to be jailed for life. Mofo's.... Can't stand them.

Anonymous said...

stinky curries,should be deported.I hate indians

idy said...

by way of information, an order for remand for contempt is not a judgement against the plaintiff..
just a punishment for not complying with the order not to manufacture till the case is determined....which means that the substantive case is still on-going..

#kudos to the court on this!! at least, they will learn to take our justice system seriously! before now, they would've gottn away with this!

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