Delhi High Court To Hear Uber And Ola Cabs Appeals Today

The Delhi High Court will today hear the appeal of Uber and Ola Cabs against the ban imposed on them by Delhi’s Transport Department. On January 1, the Transport Department had refused to lift the ban, saying “there are no grounds to review the ban imposed.”

The Delhi government had banned all web-based taxi operators in December last year after a taxi driver working with Uber allegedly raped a woman. Uber and Ola had approached the Delhi High Court requesting quashing of the ban orders.

The Transport Department had said in its order: "They (web-based taxi operators) provide a simple taxi service by transporting people from one point to another through a vehicle driven by a driver for a fee, which is collected by the petitioner company directly from the passenger. Being a taxi service provider they are required to follow the law of the land and by using an AITP (All India Tourist Permit) taxi for local point to point drop, as in the present case, the petitioner has violated the prevailing law of the land and as it was not registered, which again was a violation.”