Rapido shuts services in Maharashtra due to Mumbai HC’s order
- ByStartupStory | January 13, 2023
The Bengaluru-based bike aggregator, Rapido was directed by Mumbai HC to shut down all the services in Maharashtra.The Bombay High Court on Friday pulled up Rapido for operating without procuring a license from the Maharashtra government and directed it to suspend the services immediately.
The company report stated from 1:00 PM on Friday it will suspend all services in the state until January 20. All of Rapido’s services — including two-wheeler passenger service, two-wheeler parcel service, and auto service — will be put to a halt. This ban will continue until January 20, the official report said.
Previously this week on December 29th 2022,the Bombay High Court was hearing a petition filed by Rapido Pune and Mumbai operator Roppen Transport Services Pvt. Ltd. against a state communication issued on December 20 last year that refused to allow the company a bike taxi aggregator license.
A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and S G Dige warned Roppen Transportation Services Private Limited (Rapido) to either suspend its bike taxi services immediately or the court would have to issue directions to the state authorities to permanently exempt the company from getting any license. The bench noted that in the absence of license, the company cannot run its services in an unregulated manner.
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