Kerala HC Directs Police To Ensure That Drivers & Commuters Are Not Obstructed From Using Uber [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court has directed the state to take appropriate measures to ensure that commuters and uber drivers are not obstructed from using the Uber application.Justice PB Suresh Kumar observed that the acts of violence under the guise of protests, affecting the rights of citizens to move freely or to carry on their avocation and affecting their right to life are liable to be treated. The Kerala High Court has directed the state to take appropriate measures to ensure that commuters and uber drivers are not obstructed from using the Uber application. Justice PB Suresh Kumar observed that the acts of violence under the guise of protests, affecting the rights of citizens to move freely or to carry on their avocation and affecting their right to life are liable to be treated not only as mere criminal acts against the individuals, but also as serious offences against the society. The bench then directed the state to evolve appropriate and suitable measures to prevent the members and associates of the trade union from causing obstructions to the commuters and service providers of Uber Application, or causing any injury to them or damaging their vehicles and assets, including extending sufficient and meaningful police aid to them, so as to enable them to use the mobile application for availing and extending transport services.