Last week, the HC pulled up Rapido for operating without a license. The court warned that if the aggregator failed to comply, it would be permanently prohibited from getting a license.
Bike taxi aggregator company, Rapido has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court order directing it to stop operations in Maharashtra immediately
The bench noted that in the absence of licence, the company cannot run its services in an unregulated manner. Roppen Transportation Services Private Limited had moved the court against a communication issued to it by the state government on December 29, 2022, refusing to grant a bike taxi aggregator licence. Rapido, Bike Taxi Aggregator, To Suspend Services in Maharashtra After Bombay High Court Rap for Operating Sans Licence.
The Bombay High Court has directed Rapido to suspend its bike-taxi service after it was discovered that Rapido didn’t have a license to operate, which basically means that it is operating illegally in the country.