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As the Delhi government outlaws bike taxis, issues of pricing and customer safety have cropped up. Will regulation manage these concerns so that lakhs of passengers get last-minute connectivity?

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed has agreed to hear an appeal by Meru Cabs against a decision of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), that had outrightly rejected their allegation against Ola cabs for predatory pricing.

As in the case of the new IT rules—aimed at controlling social media majors Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, as well as digital news portals like The Wire, Scroll and The Quint—the objective behind the draft e-commerce rules is shadowing.

A divisional bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh had earlier directed WhatsApp and the Central government to file its affidavits in the matter.

The Supreme Court has upheld the order of the Competition Commission of India and NCLAT, wherein it had found that Ola and Uber do not facilitate cartelization or anti-competitive practices between drivers, who are independent individuals, who act independently of each other.

On being asked by the parties to submit their objection, Senior Counsel Harish Salve said that he was also a part of the case and had no objection to CJI hearing the case.

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