Uber India, represented by lawyer Sushmit Pushkar, argued that the individuals were not agents canvassing for customers. The Delhi government issued challans to Kalanick, Uber India president Amit Jain and general manager for North India operations Gagan Bhatiya over violation of the Motor Vehicles Act. A Delhi court issued notices to them to appear before it. The Delhi government issued challans to Kalanick, Uber India president Amit Jain and general manager for North India operations Gagan Bhatiya over violation of the Motor Vehicles AcNew Delhi: Uber India, the Indian arm of the app-based taxi aggregator Uber technologies Inc, on Wednesday informed a Delhi court that it would contest the challan (notice) issued to Uber chief executive officer Travis Cordell Kalanick for acting as an agent without having requisite licences. Traffic court judge Vaibhav Mehta, who earlier issued notices to the Uber executives, questioned Uber regarding any advantage it had over other radio taxi operators by not possessing the licences.

Source: Mint June 08, 2016 05:09 UTC