Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the State to file a counter affidavit to the public interest litigation petition seeking a direction to the government to enact and enforce a comprehensive legal and regulatory framework governing aggregators in Tamil Nadu, including the operation of bike taxi services.

A Division Bench of Justices N. Sathish Kumar and M. Jothiraman was hearing the petition filed by R. Naveen Kumar of Madurai. The petitioner said in recent years, App-based bike taxi services operated through digital aggregators such as Rapido, Ola, Uber, etc.., have become an integral part of the transport ecosystem in Tamil Nadu.