--- title: Uber Banned in New Delhi description: A city transport official said that the ride-sharing service was being banned in the Indian capital for flouting the country's taxi laws canonical: https://time.com/3623001/uber-delhi-rape-ban-driver/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-08T10:03:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T02:38:44.325Z article:section: World og:title: New Delhi Bans Uber og:description: Government says company violated its established rules for taxis. og:url: https://time.com/3623001/uber-delhi-rape-ban-driver/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e2efd536288a512/69876d4b0b72e37fac6dc6e6/uber-india-rape.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: India Rape og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New Delhi Bans Uber twitter:description: Government says company violated its established rules for taxis. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e2efd536288a512/69876d4b0b72e37fac6dc6e6/uber-india-rape.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # New Delhi Bans Uber Following Rape Accusation ## Video: The Delhi Gang Rape: TIME Talks to Suspect's Family [Watch (HLS stream): The Delhi Gang Rape: TIME Talks to Suspect's Family](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/VmM8gABA.m3u8) (6:53)  _Published 2013-03-14. TIME correspondent Krista Mahr visits Delhi gang rape suspect Ram Singh's village to examine the social and economic causes behind the increase in gender-based crime in Delhi._ by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Dec 8, 2014 10:03 AM CUT  India's opposition Congress party's women activists shout slogans during a protest after a woman was allegedly raped by a taxi driver in New Delhi, Dec. 8, 2014. India's opposition Congress party's women activists shout slogans during a protest after a woman was allegedly raped by a taxi driver in New Delhi, Dec. 8, 2014.Tsering Topgyal—AP by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Dec 8, 2014 10:03 AM CUT The Indian capital of New Delhi [banned](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30374070 "undefined") popular ride-sharing service Uber on Monday, just days after a 27-year-old female passenger accused one of its drivers of raping her. Delhi officials said the suspension of Uber’s services is not connected to the alleged attack, which sparked protests in the city. Satish Mathur, the special commissioner of the Delhi Transport Department, told the [_Economic Times_](http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/software/delhi-government-bans-uber-says-it-is-misleading-customers/articleshow/45411180.cms "undefined")that Uber had been “misleading customers” by operating on a license known as an All-India permit, which excludes the National Capital Region and New Delhi, and had violated rules governing parking, fleet size and GPS tracking regulations. “Uber never applied for any permission to us, is not recognized under the Radio Taxi Rules and has flouted most of the laid-down rules,” he said. Uber, meanwhile, has pledged to improve its screening processes in India after the [arrest](http://time.com/3622364/uber-rape-india/ "undefined") of a driver on rape charges. Travis Kalanick, chief executive officer of the San Francisco-based company, said Uber would “work with the government to establish clear background checks currently absent in their commercial transportation licensing programs”. The accusations of sexual assault came just days before the second anniversary of the controversial [gang rape and murder](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2132718,00.html "undefined") of a young woman on a bus in Delhi, an incident that sparked worldwide condemnation and a nationwide debate on the level of sexual assault in Indian society. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30374070 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3623001/uber-delhi-rape-ban-driver/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3623001/uber-delhi-rape-ban-driver/"},"headline":"New Delhi Bans Uber Following Rape Accusation","datePublished":"2014-12-08T10:03:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:38:44.325Z","description":"A city transport official said the ride-sharing service flouted local taxi laws","url":"https://time.com/3623001/uber-delhi-rape-ban-driver/","keywords":["Rape","India","Ban","Uber"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e2efd536288a512/69876d4b0b72e37fac6dc6e6/uber-india-rape.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e2efd536288a512/69876d4b0b72e37fac6dc6e6/uber-india-rape.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"India Rape","caption":"India Rape","creditText":"Tsering Topgyal—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3623001/uber-delhi-rape-ban-driver/","name":"New Delhi Bans Uber Following Rape Accusation"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Delhi Gang Rape: TIME Talks to Suspect's Family","description":"TIME correspondent Krista Mahr visits Delhi gang rape suspect Ram Singh's village to examine the social and economic causes behind the increase in gender-based crime in Delhi.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/VmM8gABA/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-03-14T20:17:49.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/VmM8gABA.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3623001/uber-delhi-rape-ban-driver/","duration":"PT6M53S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3623001/uber-delhi-rape-ban-driver/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```