Karnataka HC directs state to permit bike taxis, urges registration of two-wheelers as transport vehicles

BENGALURU: Giving the green signal to bike taxi services in the state, the Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the state government to consider the applications filed by transportation technology aggregators to register motorcycles as transport vehicles and to grant permits to operate as contract carriages. “Whilst the concerned authorities are not precluded from examining relevant aspects for vehicle registration and issuance of permits, the same will not be denied on the ground that motorcycles cannot be operated as transport vehicles or contract carriages,” said a division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice CM Joshi in the order pronounced on a batch of appeals.