Taxi aggregators like Uber, Rapido have been banned again in Delhi. Actually, the Supreme Court has upheld the ban on taxi aggregators in the hearing of the petition against the order of the Delhi High Court by the Aam Aadmi Party government of Delhi.
Let us tell you that the Delhi government had banned taxi aggregators earlier this year.
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Delhi High Court order allowing Uber, Rapido and other two-wheeler bike taxis to operate in New Delhi. The top court was hearing two petitions filed by the Delhi government against the High Court order to bike-taxi aggregators, Rapido and Uber.
The Aam Aadmi Party had banned running of bike taxis in Delhi in February 2023. Bike taxi aggregators Uber and Rapido had filed a petition in the Delhi High Court against the Delhi government ban. After the hearing, in the month of May, the Delhi High Court canceled the government’s ban and said that the ban should not be imposed until the government comes up with a new policy. The Delhi High Court had said that no coercive action should be taken against the bike-taxi aggregator till the last moment.
Against this order of the Delhi High Court, the Aam Aadmi Party approached the Supreme Court. After which the Supreme Court has put a stay on the order of the Delhi High Court and has continued the ban on bike taxi aggregators.
Rs 10,000 fine if found driving a bike taxi
The Delhi government in February 2023 ordered a ban on bike-taxi services in Delhi and punitive action was taken against drivers for violations. The authorities invoked the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act 1988 to impose a fine of Rs 5,000 for the first offense and Rs 10,000 for the subsequent offense and imprisonment of up to one year.
