Uber cabs may lose permit nationwide
Posted December 9th, 2014, 12:25 PM IST
New Delhi: Uber was banned in capital on Monday, following the rape of a woman in New Delhi on Friday, and the international taxi-booking service may lose its permit nationwide.
The Delhi government blacklisted Uber from providing any transport service in the capital, even as it emerged that rape accused driver Shiv Kumar Yadav had spent seven months in jail in a rape case in 2011. He was acquitted in that case.
“The transport department has banned all activities related to providing of any transport service by www.uber.com with immediate effect. The department has also blacklisted the company from providing any transport service in the NCT of Delhi in future,” the Delhi government said in a statement.
Sources said the Union home ministry was planning to ask all state governments and Chandi-garh, where Uber runs its cab services, to put a ban on it.
Uber is available in Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Kolkata and Pune.
The Delhi government blacklisted Uber from providing any transport service in the capital, even as it emerged that rape accused driver Shiv Kumar Yadav had spent seven months in jail in a rape case in 2011. He was acquitted in that case.
“The transport department has banned all activities related to providing of any transport service by www.uber.com with immediate effect. The department has also blacklisted the company from providing any transport service in the NCT of Delhi in future,” the Delhi government said in a statement.
Sources said the Union home ministry was planning to ask all state governments and Chandi-garh, where Uber runs its cab services, to put a ban on it.
Uber is available in Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Kolkata and Pune.
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