Bike Taxi Aggregator Rapido Approaches Supreme Court Against Bombay HC Order Shutting Down Its Operations In Maharashtra

The bike taxi aggregator Rapido, has approached the Supreme Court of India against the Bombay High Court order which had directed it to shut down all its services in the State of Maharashtra as it was functioning without any license. The matter was mentioned before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha by Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi. The bench has now listed the matter for 23 January 2023. 

While praying for an urgent listing for the matter, Senior Advocate Rohatgi said – 

"I have thousands of employees. This court had granted stay in a matter concerning Uber. I'm just like Uber."

Earlier, the division bench of Justices GS Patel and Justice SG Dige of the Bombay High Court, while hearing Rapido’s plea challenging the state’s refusal to grant licenses to entities like it, had told Rapido that it would dismiss the petition with costs if they refused to shut down their services after the bench was informed that Rapido doesn’t have license to operate any of these services.

Accordingly, the bike taxi aggregator Rapido was to close down all its services – bike taxi, rickshaw and food delivery in Maharashtra till January 20, 2023.