New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre's response on a plea filed by the Delhi government challenging a high court order. In fact, the Kejriwal government of Delhi issued an order in February 2023, banning the bike service of cab aggregator companies like Ola-Uber and Rapido. These companies had filed a petition in the Delhi High Court challenging the Kejriwal government's decision. The High Court had stayed the government's decision and granted relief to these companies at that time. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of Delhi had reached the Supreme Court against the High Court's decision.
A vacation bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Rajesh Bindal on Friday directed that copies of the petitions be provided to Solicitor General Tushar Mehta. "A copy of both the petitions should be given to the Solicitor General so that the views of the Central Government can be taken into account," the court said. List the matter on Monday (June 12). Senior advocate Manish Vashisht, appearing for the Delhi government, said the high court's decision to stay its notice till the final policy is notified amounts to accepting Rapido's writ petition.
On May 26, the high court had issued notice to the Kejriwal government on Rapido's plea, saying no coercive action would be taken against the bike-taxi aggregator till a final policy. In its plea before the high court, Ropan Transportation Services Pvt Ltd, which operates Rapido, had said the Delhi government's order was passed without any justification.
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