New Delhi: On June 12, the Supreme Court stayed the decision by Delhi’s High Court, putting the services by ride-hailing companies like Rapido, Uber and Ola on hold. The bench was led by Justice Aniruddha Bose.
Earlier on May 26, the Delhi High Court held onto the notice issued by the Delhi transport department to cease the further movement of bike taxis.
With this, the Delhi High Court also ordered the transport department to not take any forced steps against Rapido and Uber until the formation of a policy.
What happened?
During the month of February, the Delhi transport department issued a public notice to ride-hailing companies, Uber, Rapido and Ola to cease their operations effective immediately.
“It has been brought to the notice that two-wheelers having non-transport (private) registration mark/numbers are being used to carry passengers on hire which is a purely commercial operation and a violation of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988,” cited the transport department’s notice
The Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi said that two-wheelers running bike taxi businesses are violating Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and the Delhi Motor VEhicle Comprehensive Plan 2023.
With this, the attention was also laid upon things like the safety of the customers, and basic security arrangements like police verifications, license, GPS, and Panic buttons, only after these bike taxis can be licensed.
The AAP government said that it will form an effective policy for cab aggregator companies within a month.
