The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Delhi government on a plea of cab service provider Uber. The plea had challenged the rejection of its application for licence to ply.
The court, however, told Uber that it was not supposed to ply if it did not have a valid licence. The High Court will now hear the matter on July 8.
This comes two days after the Delhi High Court refused to provide any interim relief to an association of radio taxi operators on a plea seeking that non-licenced app-based cabs be taken off the road as well as their websites be shut down.
The Association of Radio Taxis has contended that the Delhi government had banned operation of all unlicensed app-based cabs in the national capital, but companies like Uber, Ola and others are continuing with "impunity". It sought that the government be directed to enforce its own orders.
The association, which represents radio taxis like Mega Cabs, Easy Cabs and Meru Cabs, has sought that apart from taking the taxis of the unlicensed companies off the road, their websites be blocked and their CEOs, managing directors and other top officials be prosecuted and punished.
It has also pleaded for penal action against the owners and drivers of cabs which operate for companies like Uber and Ola. The plea also wanted directions to the app-based cab companies to furnish a list of the taxis that run for them.
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