Uber banned in Delhi
9 Dec 2014 6:13 AM IST
The Delhi government also blacklisted Uber from providing any transport services in the Capital as it emerged that the accused driver, Shiv Kumar Yadav, was a repeat offender who had spent seven months in Tihar jail in a rape case earlier.
As per norms, it is mandatory for all private cab service providers to carry out a background check and obtain police verification of the drivers. Yadav, who was driving the Uber cab, allegedly raped the woman on Friday night when the victim, who works for a finance company in Gurgaon, was heading back to her home in north Delhi’s Inderlok area.
“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 services in the NCT of Delhi in future,” said Delhi government in a statement.
Delhi Police officials, who have summoned Uber executives for questioning, say the company did not exercise basic background checks or subject the driver to a police verification before allowing him to join Uber’s services and offer his taxi to customers through the Uber mobile application.
S Ganger, Special Commissioner, Transport, informed that the registration of the vehicle used in the crime and the accused driver’s license has been cancelled.
The Transport Department has cancelled the said permit of the taxi, its registration certificate and driving license of the accused. The permit was granted on 28 May, 2014, after due verification of character and antecedents of the permit holder. “The said All India Tourist Permit taxi was provided by Uber on the request of the commuter through the Uber web application for a local journey within Delhi which was in contravention of the MV Act, 1988, and rules framed there under Uber also misled the commuter about the nature of the taxi service offered by the ‘Uber App’,” said the transport department statement.
Delhi Court sent Uber cab driver, Shiv Kumar Yadav, to three days police custody for interrogation. Police custody was granted after he refused to undergo ‘Test Identification Parade’.
Dutch judges on Monday banned the popular ride-sharing service UberPOP from taking bookings via its smartphone app, threatening the US company with fines of up to $123,000.
The Centre is contemplating to ban the cab services of Uber across India after the Delhi incident. The Home Ministry is planning to ask all states, UTs to put a ban on it, sources said.
According to Uber’s US site, all its drivers “go through a rigorous background check.” This was not applied in Shiv Kumar Yadav’s case who had allegedly raped a woman commuter in 2011
Over 7,000 people have signed a petition calling on ride-sharing app Uber to impose a mandatory seven-year background check on its drivers in India, as it does in the United States of America.
During interrogating, cops learnt that the Uber cab driver was planning to flee to Nepal very soon. He was collecting money from friends and relatives to fly to Nepal in order to escape arrest.
As per norms, it is mandatory for all private cab service providers to carry out a background check and obtain police verification of the drivers. Yadav, who was driving the Uber cab, allegedly raped the woman on Friday night when the victim, who works for a finance company in Gurgaon, was heading back to her home in north Delhi’s Inderlok area.
“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 services in the NCT of Delhi in future,” said Delhi government in a statement.
Delhi Police officials, who have summoned Uber executives for questioning, say the company did not exercise basic background checks or subject the driver to a police verification before allowing him to join Uber’s services and offer his taxi to customers through the Uber mobile application.
S Ganger, Special Commissioner, Transport, informed that the registration of the vehicle used in the crime and the accused driver’s license has been cancelled.
The Transport Department has cancelled the said permit of the taxi, its registration certificate and driving license of the accused. The permit was granted on 28 May, 2014, after due verification of character and antecedents of the permit holder. “The said All India Tourist Permit taxi was provided by Uber on the request of the commuter through the Uber web application for a local journey within Delhi which was in contravention of the MV Act, 1988, and rules framed there under Uber also misled the commuter about the nature of the taxi service offered by the ‘Uber App’,” said the transport department statement.
Delhi Court sent Uber cab driver, Shiv Kumar Yadav, to three days police custody for interrogation. Police custody was granted after he refused to undergo ‘Test Identification Parade’.
Dutch judges on Monday banned the popular ride-sharing service UberPOP from taking bookings via its smartphone app, threatening the US company with fines of up to $123,000.
The Centre is contemplating to ban the cab services of Uber across India after the Delhi incident. The Home Ministry is planning to ask all states, UTs to put a ban on it, sources said.
According to Uber’s US site, all its drivers “go through a rigorous background check.” This was not applied in Shiv Kumar Yadav’s case who had allegedly raped a woman commuter in 2011
Over 7,000 people have signed a petition calling on ride-sharing app Uber to impose a mandatory seven-year background check on its drivers in India, as it does in the United States of America.
During interrogating, cops learnt that the Uber cab driver was planning to flee to Nepal very soon. He was collecting money from friends and relatives to fly to Nepal in order to escape arrest.
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