Uber, Ola cab service providers faced complaints not adhering to the meter
New Delhi sources have stated that Delhi court yesterday summoned as accused, app-based cab service providers, including Ola and Uber, for allegedly violating permit rules. According to sources Metropolitan Magistrate Abhilash Malhotra summoned ANI Technologies Pvt Ltd which runs Ola, Uber India Systems Pvt Ltd, and Serendipity Info labs Pvt Ltd which runs 'Taxi For Sure' and directed their authorized representatives to appear before it on December 11.
Previously the court had recorded pre-summoning evidence advanced by the NGO through its secretary Rakesh Agarwal, in support of the complaint, which also sought to summon the three firms as accused. Meanwhile the NGO, which filed the complaint through advocate Sumit Kumar Modi, also sought the recovery of a whopping Rs 91,000 crore from cab service providers for allegedly not adhering to rules relating to fares and not operating by meters.
The NGO has also sought recovery of an additional penalty of Rs 26,000 crore from the firms and jail term for them.