Rapido bike taxi gets High Court stay order against Delhi government’s actions – Times of India

In February 2023, the Delhi Transport Department issued a public notice to ride-hailing aggregators Rapido, Ola and Uber. The notice banned the aggregators from offering any bike-taxi services in the capital city and also warned that riders found violating the rules will be fined up to Rs 10,000 and even face a license suspension of three years minimum. Three months since, the ride-sharing portal Rapido, has now got a stay against the transport department’s notice from the Delhi High Court. Here are the details.

Rapido challenged the department’s public notice by filing a written petition against the Delhi Transport Department’s decision. On May 26, the Delhi High Court granted a stay and directed the transport department to not take any coercive steps against Rapido and its riders, until the time a policy has been framed on the matter. The decision was granted by HMJ Suresh Kumar Kait and HMJ Neena Bansal Krishna.
Problems started for Rapido in January 2023, when the Bombay High Court released an order banning the aggregator from offering bike taxis and rickshaw services in Maharashtra, citing that the company did not have the required license to offer these services. Rapido had challenged the order in the Supreme Court and asked for relief, however, the SC declined any relief for all such aggregators and ruled that such services needed to be stopped right away. Later the ban was also imposed in Delhi as the transport department ruled that offering bike taxi services on privately registered two-wheelers, was in direct violation of the Motor Vehicle Act,1988.