Ola has petitioned the Karnataka High Court against the state Transport Department for not issuing license to operate bike taxis in the state, reports the Economic Times. This comes just a week after the state fined Ola Rs.15 lakh for operating bike taxis service. Ola's petition sought on order for a regulatory framework for the issuance of bike taxi permits, as laid out in a 2016 notification from the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. The petition also sought that all other bike taxi services be stalled until their permits are issued. According to Ola, the state transport department did not act against other bike taxi operators, but last month suspended Ola's aggregator licence for a six-month period. The state government reinstated the aggregator license after Ola agreed to pay the fine of Rs.15 lakh. The Karnataka State Transport Commissioner has not yet commented on the issue. Ola's aggregator license revoked Last week, the state suspended Ola’s license for six months as a punitive measure for running bike taxis under an aggregator license, and gave it 3 days to submit its license on receiving the notice. Tanveer Pasha, President of Ola, Taxiforsure and Uber drivers and Owners Association, had said that Ola was violating the state’s laws by running commercial and non-commercial bike taxis in the state. The state transport department had not implemented the ban on Ola yet, because it had been given time to submit its license. Ola’s present license is valid till 19 June 2021. In…
