India, April 27 -- Karnataka Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy on Friday directed officials to enforce the High Court's order to suspend bike taxi services across the state within six weeks.

In a letter addressed to Transport Commissioner Yogesh A M and Principal Secretary of the Transport Department, Dr. N V Prasad, the minister emphasized the need for immediate compliance. "The High Court has given three bike taxi aggregators - Uber India Systems, Roppen Transportation Services, and ANI Technologies - a six-week deadline to cease their operations in Karnataka. Accordingly, I instruct the department to implement the court's order," Reddy wrote.

The directive follows an April 2 ruling by Justice Shyam Prasad, which barred companies lik...