Goa Excise Commissioner, on Friday, began the hearing on the complaint filed by an activist-lawyer, who alleged that the licence to run a controversial upmarket restaurant in Assagao in North Goa, was obtained "illegally", and that it was renewed this year in the name of a person, who died in 2021.
During the hearing, excise commissioner Narayan Gad framed two issues to know whether the excise licence was obtained on the basis of false and inadequate documents, and whether there were any procedural irregularities on the part of the excise officials.
The outlet, 'Silly Souls Café and Bar', was at the centre of a raging controversy, after the Congress last week alleged that Union minister Smriti Irani's daughter was linked to the property, a charge rejected by her.
