The high court had on August 11 dismissed Ola’s appeal against its July 29 order, saying the company was “factually incorrect” to contend non-CNG commercial vehicles like diesel cabs, were not barred from plying in the national capital. You have to comply with my order on CNG.
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Government has drafted guidelines to regulate ride-hailing companies, including US-based Uber and its domestic rival Ola, for the first time laying down federal rules that could end months of uncertainty on how they operate in the country. “That’s all”, the judge said.
He additionally stated that his choice has been affirmed by the division bench, so it means the order applies to everybody, so he have to abide by that order. Any person who has in the past been convicted of any “cognizable offence” under India’s criminal laws should not be allowed to become a driver. “You will need to behave in accordance with regulation”, the courtroom stated, including that “since Delhi authorities has come out with a few scheme, why do not you (Ola and Uber) adjust to it?”
During the hearing, advocate Prabhsahay Kaur, appearing for the Delhi government, told the bench that the company was “violating with impunity” orders of the High Court regarding running of diesel cabs without meters in the city.
“It can not be done overnight. I can only say that from today no new diesel taxis would be used”, Nayar said. “It will have to be executed in phases and I request the court to grant us reasonable time for the same, which may be decided tomorrow”.
The Bench also took note of the fact that a similar petition filed by Uber was listed before the Court today.
The Delhi government had on January 1 banned operation of app-based cab services till they complied with the guidelines of Radio Taxi Scheme of 2006, which was amended on December 26 a year ago.
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The scheme also caps the number of taxis per licence at 2,500 apart from making it mandatory that cabs operated by app-based companies to obtain a contract carriage permit as well as have public service vehicle badges, all of which according to Uber are also “unreasonable restrictions”.
