India, July 17 -- New Delhi

The Delhi High Court issued a notice on Wednesday in a plea seeking directions to the Centre and the Delhi government to formulate guidelines governing the nature and size of items transported on two-wheelers by personnel of delivery service platforms.

A bench of chief justice DK Upadhyay and justice Tushar Rao Gedela sought responses from the Centre, Delhi government and Delhi Police in a plea filed by advocate Shashank Shri Tripathi, and scheduled the next hearing for October 8.

"Issue notice to the respondents. List on October 8," the court ordered.

In his plea, Tripathi contended that delivery personnel employed by platforms, such as Ola, Uber, Zomato, Swiggy, and Amazon, routinely used two-wheeled vehi...