<p>The Karnataka High Court has posted to Friday the hearing of petitions filed by Ola and Uber challenging the state government order banning auto-rickshaw aggregate services.</p>.<p>Justice M G S Kamal adjourned the matter after Advocate General Prabhuling K Navadagi submitted that an emergency meeting will be held immediately to arrive at a consensus on the fare.</p>.<p>During the hearing, senior advocate Aditya Sondhi, appearing for ANI Technologies Limited that operates Ola cabs, submitted that the ban circumvents the high court’s interim order in pending matters.</p>.<p>Referring to the interim order passed in 2016, he said a division bench had stated that no coercive steps shall be taken. He further stated that this order was further modified, extending relaxation on licencing.</p>.<p>However, the Advocate General submitted that aggregator rules do not cover auto-rickshaws under the licences given to the companies under the Karnataka On-demand Transportation Technology Aggregators (KODTTA) Rules, 2016.</p>.<p>One of the petitions contended that the KODTTA rules permit aggregation of a taxi, defined under Rule 2 (7), as a motor cab and it is no longer res integra that an auto-rickshaw cab is a motor cab. The petition thus challenged the notice dated October 6, 2022, and the order dated October 11 as one without merit.</p>
<p>The Karnataka High Court has posted to Friday the hearing of petitions filed by Ola and Uber challenging the state government order banning auto-rickshaw aggregate services.</p>.<p>Justice M G S Kamal adjourned the matter after Advocate General Prabhuling K Navadagi submitted that an emergency meeting will be held immediately to arrive at a consensus on the fare.</p>.<p>During the hearing, senior advocate Aditya Sondhi, appearing for ANI Technologies Limited that operates Ola cabs, submitted that the ban circumvents the high court’s interim order in pending matters.</p>.<p>Referring to the interim order passed in 2016, he said a division bench had stated that no coercive steps shall be taken. He further stated that this order was further modified, extending relaxation on licencing.</p>.<p>However, the Advocate General submitted that aggregator rules do not cover auto-rickshaws under the licences given to the companies under the Karnataka On-demand Transportation Technology Aggregators (KODTTA) Rules, 2016.</p>.<p>One of the petitions contended that the KODTTA rules permit aggregation of a taxi, defined under Rule 2 (7), as a motor cab and it is no longer res integra that an auto-rickshaw cab is a motor cab. The petition thus challenged the notice dated October 6, 2022, and the order dated October 11 as one without merit.</p>