After Bombay HC rap, Rapido shuts down bike taxi services in Maharashtra

After the Bombay High Court directed Rapido to suspend all its services in Maharashtra by 1 pm Friday for not having the required licences, the bike taxi aggregator informed the court it has complied with the order and its app is now inoperative in the state, Live Law reported.

Rapido had challenged the Maharashtra government’s refusal to grant it licence to operate two-wheeler bike taxis in the state. The Maharashtra government had reportedly told the aggregator that the state has not yet formulated a policy to allow bike taxis and that there was no fare structure policy for the same.

When the court was informed that Rapido doesn’t have license to operate any of the services (bike taxi, autorickshaw and food delivery),