Goa Excise Commissioner Narayan M. Gad started hearing the complaint filed by Adv. Aires Rodrigues over the illegally obtained liquor licence by an upmarket ‘Silly Souls Café and Bar’ allegedly being run by Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani’s family at BhoutaVaddo, Assagao. The excise department has issued a notice to the cafe owners to file their written reply. The next hearing is scheduled for 22nd August 2022.
Adv. Rodrigues in his complaint pointed out that though the
Excise rules in Goa allow a Bar licence to be issued only to an existing
restaurant, the Excise department on 18th February 2021 in rank violation
of law issued a licence for the retail sale of Foreign liquor for consumption on
the premises along with another licence for the retail sale of Indian Made Foreign
Liquor and Country liquor to the outlet without the required Restaurant licence
being in place.
