New Delhi:
Uber has failed to win a licence to resume operations in Delhi after one of its drivers allegedly raped a female passenger last month, an official said on Thursday.
The US-based car-hailing company was banned from Delhi's streets in the aftermath of the December 5 attack. Uber, which connects passengers to drivers through a smartphone app, last week said it was resuming operations after applying for a licence to operate as a radio-taxi company.
But the Delhi Transport Department said on Thursday that Uber's application had been rejected after "discrepancies" were found, including lack of proof of an office address and details of its management.
"We have rejected the application after finding discrepancies in the documents," Transport Department spokesperson RP Singh told news agency AFP. "There were insufficient details for granting a license," he said, adding that Uber could "rectify the errors and re-apply".
An Uber spokesperson could not be contacted for comment. Announcing the ban last month, authorities had accused the firm of failing to perform adequate background checks on its drivers.
The trial began this month of taxi driver Shiv Kumar Yadav, who has pleaded not guilty to claims that he raped a 27-year-old passenger as she was being driven home from a dinner with friends.
The rape survivor has also hired high-profile US lawyer Douglas Wigdor to sue San Francisco-based Uber in the American courts.