Uber, Ola Endure a Blow as Supreme Court docket Revives Ban on Bike Taxis in Delhi

The Supreme Court docket on Monday stayed the Excessive Court docket order by which it had basically allowed bike-taxi aggregators Rapido and Uber to function within the nationwide capital by asking the Delhi authorities to not take any coercive motion in opposition to them until a brand new coverage was formulated.

A trip bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Rajesh Bindal granted liberty to the 2 aggregators to request pressing listening to of their plea by the Delhi HC.

The bench, which stayed the Might 26 order of the Excessive Court docket, additionally recorded the Delhi authorities counsel’s submission the ultimate coverage might be notified earlier than July-end.

The highest court docket was listening to two separate petitions by the AAP authorities difficult the Might 26 order of the Excessive Court docket asking it to not take any coercive motion in opposition to the bike-taxi aggregators till the ultimate coverage was notified.

The highest court docket had within the final week sought a response from the Central authorities on each the pleas of Delhi authorities. 

Again in Might, the Delhi authorities authorised Motor Car Aggregator Scheme 2023 to control cab aggregators and supply service suppliers within the nationwide capital. A number of the key highlights of the coverage are necessary panic buttons in taxis, integration with emergency quantity ‘112’, and phase-wise transition to EVs.

The Motor Car Aggregator Scheme 2023 might be relevant to any particular person or entity that operates, on-boards or manages a fleet of motor autos by way of digital or digital means or some other means to ferry passengers or join a driver providing to ship or decide up a product, courier, package deal or parcel with a vendor, e-commerce entity or consignor.