The Karnataka High Court on Thursday orally observed that it was inclined to grant a full stay on the order banning bike taxis, noting that the State had yet to frame a policy in this regard.

The court was hearing a petition by major app-based aggregators such as ANI Technologies, the holding company of OLA Cabs, in the context of an April order of the Karnataka High Court that directed that aggregators cannot operate in the state unless the government notifies relevant guidelines under Section 93 of the Motor Vehicles Act.

Appearing before a division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Joshi, Advocate General Shashikiran Shetty submitted that the interests of the bike riders would be covered under the Karnataka Platform Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Act

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