New Delhi: In a major relief to taxi-hailing firm Uber, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday set aside an order of the local government that barred the taxi aggregator to operate vehicles in the national capital territory (NCT) of Delhi.
The Delhi government had earlier rejected Uber's application to operate taxi service in the city.
The court directed the transport department to impose conditions on the company to operate, instead of a complete ban. It asked transport department to impose any condition on Uber, in accordance with the law if it was inclined to grant licence to the company.
"I don't know if there should be a complete ban. I have doubts about it. How can you (Delhi government) stall someone like this. You can grant a conditional permission," Justice Manmohan said.
The court also said that since the High Court on June 11 had set aside Delhi government's June 3 order, Uber India Technology Pvt Ltd was entitled to a similar relief as by other app-based taxi firms Apra Cabs India and Serendipity Infolabs (Taxi for Sure).
The Delhi government had cancelled the licence application of Uber for not adhering to the provisions of amended Radio Taxi Scheme of 2006. The provisions had been amended after app-based taxi service providers were banned in Delhi following an Uber cab driver allegedly rapied
