A Portuguese era law, which transfers the property ownership rights of a man to his wife after his death, has been cited in defence by the owners of a restaurant in Assagao village in North Goa, which the Congress claimed was linked to Union Minister Smriti Irani's daughter.
An activist-lawyer had filed a complaint, in which he alleged that the licence to run the upmarket restaurant — 'Silly Souls Café and Bar' — was obtained "illegally" and that it was renewed this year in the name of a person who died in 2021.
