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Delhi High Court was on Monday told that the AAP government was "not empowered" to make a scheme to regulate internet-based taxi services.
The submission was made before a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath by one of the petitioners in a bunch of PILs filed against plying of diesel and app-based cabs in the national capital.
The court directed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and the Centre to file their counter affidavits in the various matters, including one by Uber India Technology Ltd which has challenged the new scheme made by Delhi government to regulate app-based cab services.
An association of radio taxis today moved an application, to intervene in the issue, in which the bench issued notice to all the parties seeking their replies before the next date of hearing on January 28.
Meanwhile, Delhi Traffic Police has filed an affidavit stating that from August 1 to November 14 this year, it has challaned a total of 1981 app-based cabs, found to be running on diesel and offering point-to-point services in the city in violation of the high court's orders.
Of these challaned cabs, 1074 were impounded, the traffic police has told the court in an affidavit filed through advocate Prabhsahay Kaur.
Uber in its plea had challenged the Delhi government's August 2015 scheme for cab services, saying it was "targeted" at companies like it as it required them to share their location, whereas radio taxis do not have to.
It has also challenged rejection of its application for licence to ply in the city.
The other petitions have contended that the high court's orders banning diesel cabs from offering point to point service in Delhi were being violated by various app-based cab services.
The court on July 29 had upheld Delhi government's January 1 order by which all app-based cab services which did not conform to the Radio Taxi Scheme 2006-modified in December last year were banned.
The July 29 order was later upheld by a larger bench of the high court.
The submission was made before a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath by one of the petitioners in a bunch of PILs filed against plying of diesel and app-based cabs in the national capital.
The court directed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and the Centre to file their counter affidavits in the various matters, including one by Uber India Technology Ltd which has challenged the new scheme made by Delhi government to regulate app-based cab services.
An association of radio taxis today moved an application, to intervene in the issue, in which the bench issued notice to all the parties seeking their replies before the next date of hearing on January 28.
Meanwhile, Delhi Traffic Police has filed an affidavit stating that from August 1 to November 14 this year, it has challaned a total of 1981 app-based cabs, found to be running on diesel and offering point-to-point services in the city in violation of the high court's orders.
Of these challaned cabs, 1074 were impounded, the traffic police has told the court in an affidavit filed through advocate Prabhsahay Kaur.
Uber in its plea had challenged the Delhi government's August 2015 scheme for cab services, saying it was "targeted" at companies like it as it required them to share their location, whereas radio taxis do not have to.
It has also challenged rejection of its application for licence to ply in the city.
The other petitions have contended that the high court's orders banning diesel cabs from offering point to point service in Delhi were being violated by various app-based cab services.
The court on July 29 had upheld Delhi government's January 1 order by which all app-based cab services which did not conform to the Radio Taxi Scheme 2006-modified in December last year were banned.
The July 29 order was later upheld by a larger bench of the high court.
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