In an enormous setback for bike taxi aggregator app Rapido, the Karnataka Excessive Court docket on Wednesday dominated that bike taxi aggregators can not function within the state until the federal government notifies related tips beneath Part 3 of the Motor Automobiles Act, 1988, together with the mandatory guidelines. The court docket has directed the state authorities and the transport division to make sure that all bike taxi operations stop inside six weeks.
Justice B M Shyam Prasad said that the petitioners, together with Rapido, Uber, Ola and different bike taxi aggregators, should halt their operations throughout the stipulated interval. The state authorities has been given three months to border the mandatory guidelines and tips for bike taxi operations.
Studying out the order, Justice Prasad emphasised, “The transport division can’t be directed to register bikes as transport autos or difficulty contract carriage permits for such companies till applicable authorities rules are in place.”
Throughout the proceedings, Senior Advocate Arun Kumar, representing one of many events, famous that Ola started providing bike taxi companies solely in April 2024. The court docket acknowledged this however maintained that every one petitioners should adjust to the directive and stop their bike taxi operations.
The judgment additionally referenced an knowledgeable committee report in 2019, which examined the affect of motorcycle taxis on site visitors and security. The court docket highlighted that regulatory readability is important earlier than permitting such companies to proceed.
Justice Prasad concluded by stating that resisting change might result in stagnation, quoting the well-known adage, “An individual who denies change turns into the architect of decay.”
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