Auto Rides: Justice Suraj Govindaraj, while dismissing the petitions from the app-based aggregators, said the platforms were entitled to collect 5% service charge over and above the base fare fixed.
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Justice Suraj Govindaraj, while dismissing the petitions from the app-based aggregators, said the platforms were entitled to collect 5% service charge over and above the base fare fixed.
Holding that an empty plot in a residential area cannot be used for parking vehicles on a commercial basis, the high court directed the BBMP chief commissioner to place on record by June 20 a detailed report on the methodology of implementation of Parking Policy 2.0. Justice Suraj Govindaraj also observed that BBMP and traffic police cannot contend that they are unable to take action because a private area is used for parking vehicles. HSR Layout residents N Ashwathnarayana Reddy and his brother N Nagabhushana had approached the court last year, saying neither BBMP nor traffic police took any action on their complaint that one Nagendra had let out a vacant plot in their locality for parking two-wheelers and four-wheelers. They claimed use of the property for parking of vehicles meant sound & air pollution and increased traffic on the residential road. With vehicles parked or taken out day and night, there was a lot of inconvenience to residents. They argued that there was no particular