The Supreme Court docket on Tuesday agreed to listen to on January 23 plea of Rapido, the bike taxi and auto aggregator, difficult the Bombay Excessive Court docket order which directed it to cease operation in Maharashtra instantly because it doesn’t have a license to function bike taxi or rickshaw providers.
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud agreed to checklist the matter for Monday after it was talked about earlier than it.
Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi talked about the matter for pressing listening to and stated the corporate has hundreds of workers.
The Bombay Excessive Court docket final week directed Roppen Transportation Companies Non-public Restricted, which operates bike taxi aggregator Rapido, to close operations instantly because the startup is but to obtain a licence to function from the Maharashtra authorities. Accordingly, the bike taxi aggregator Rapido was to shut down all its providers until January 20.
The Excessive Court docket pulled up a Pune-based bike taxi aggregator for working with out procuring a licence from the Maharashtra authorities and directed it to droop the providers instantly.
Roppen Transportation moved the Excessive Court docket towards a communication issued to it by the Maharashtra authorities on December 29, 2022, refusing to grant them a motorbike taxi aggregator licence.
The federal government cited the explanation that there was no state coverage on licensing of motorcycle taxis and there was no fare construction coverage.
The State authorities has informed the Excessive Court docket {that a} committee has been set as much as discover the formulation of tips for bike taxis within the State.
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