Madras High Court allows Ola to operate at Chennai Central for 6 months

The court allowed Ani Technologies to operate cab services for a period of 6 months by paying Rs 4 mn as licence fee

The Madras High Court has allowed Ola Cabs to operate cab services at Chennai Central, the main railway station of the city, for six months, while rejecting writ petitions by two call taxi firms against a tender that was decided in favour of the online taxi aggregator.   

Considering the writ petitions filed by two Chennai-based call taxi service providers -- Fast Track Pvt Ltd and Bharathi Cabs Pvt Ltd -- against the Divisional Railway Manager (Commercial) and Bengaluru-based Ani Technologies Pvt Ltd, which runs Ola Cabs, Justice S M Subramaniam issued an order rejecting the petition of both the call