Uber India today approached the Delhi High Court in a fresh challenge to the Delhi Government’s taxi scheme..Recently, the Government had enacted a fresh scheme namely City Taxi Scheme, 2015 which effectively replaced the earlier Radio Taxi Scheme of 2006..Senior Counsel Rajeev Nayyar who appeared for Uber submitted that the company sought to challenge the fresh scheme on the grounds that the Delhi Govt had no authority to enact the said scheme. He further argued,.“The Supreme Court in a judgment passed in 2006 had categorically held that only the Central Government could legislate on All India Tourist Vehicles and had the power to prescribe Rules and Regulations regarding the All India Tourist Permits. .The Delhi government now postulates a scheme that we should ease out diesel taxis and replace them with CNG/LPG cabs. My submissions are that the ban of the Delhi government cant even take place.” .Even as the Delhi government’s counsel tried to explain that Uber and other taxi companies were not adhering to the ban, the Division Bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath directed the government to put down its arguments on record and file a reply to Uber’s plea..The Bench also took note of the fact that a similar petition filed by Uber was listed before the Court today. This petition had questioned the power of the Delhi Government; however the challenge was to the Radio Taxi Scheme of 2006..Since the 2015 Scheme replaced the earlier one, the Bench dismissed the second petition with liberty to file a fresh petition with an amended prayer accordingly..The matter will now be heard on November 23.
Uber India today approached the Delhi High Court in a fresh challenge to the Delhi Government’s taxi scheme..Recently, the Government had enacted a fresh scheme namely City Taxi Scheme, 2015 which effectively replaced the earlier Radio Taxi Scheme of 2006..Senior Counsel Rajeev Nayyar who appeared for Uber submitted that the company sought to challenge the fresh scheme on the grounds that the Delhi Govt had no authority to enact the said scheme. He further argued,.“The Supreme Court in a judgment passed in 2006 had categorically held that only the Central Government could legislate on All India Tourist Vehicles and had the power to prescribe Rules and Regulations regarding the All India Tourist Permits. .The Delhi government now postulates a scheme that we should ease out diesel taxis and replace them with CNG/LPG cabs. My submissions are that the ban of the Delhi government cant even take place.” .Even as the Delhi government’s counsel tried to explain that Uber and other taxi companies were not adhering to the ban, the Division Bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath directed the government to put down its arguments on record and file a reply to Uber’s plea..The Bench also took note of the fact that a similar petition filed by Uber was listed before the Court today. This petition had questioned the power of the Delhi Government; however the challenge was to the Radio Taxi Scheme of 2006..Since the 2015 Scheme replaced the earlier one, the Bench dismissed the second petition with liberty to file a fresh petition with an amended prayer accordingly..The matter will now be heard on November 23.
