Bench disposes of plea for regulation of bike taxis in Tamil Nadu

MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday disposed of a PIL which sought a regulatory framework to govern two-wheeler aggregators after the government informed the court that a committee has been formed and it would submit its report in six months. A bench of Justices P Velmurugan and KK Ramakrishnan posted the case after six months for reporting compliance.

The litigant, R Naveen Kumar of Madurai, stated in his petition that app-based bike taxi services operated through digital aggregators such as Rapido, Ola, Uber, etc. have become an integral part of the transport ecosystem and serve as a primary source of livelihood for students and unemployed youth from economically weaker sections of the community.