Anurupa Pal
Published on: March 8, 2022 12:40 IST
The Bombay High Court directed Ola, Uber and other Cab Aggregators to apply for Licences from Maharashtra Government under Motor Vehicles Act and also under Motor Vehicle Aggregators Guidelines of 2020 before 16 March 2022.
The Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Vinay Joshi asked the State Government to empower all Regional Transport Authorities across the State to be appointed as Licensing Authorities.
As per the Bench once when the Licence is Rejected then an Appeal could be filed before the Appellate Authority while during the meantime the applying Cab Aggregators will not be allowed to carry on activities in the State.
The Bench made this Ruling in a Public Interest Litigation filed by Savina Crasto against three Transport Aggregators and has Alleged that there is a Lack of a Consumer Redressal System to resolve Complaints filed against Uber.
Maharashtra Government submitted that they have already Drafted the Act and Rules and by the time they don’t come into force Cab Aggregators will be Governed under the Central Government Guidelines.
The Court disagreed with the Submission and Ruled that once it is Mandated that Aggregators have to get Licences it is inappropriate for the State to allow such people as Aggregators.
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