Dhaka, Sept. 28 -- Uber has won a legal bid to restore its London operating licence which was taken away over safety concerns, after a judge ruled on Monday that the company was a fit and proper operator despite 'historical failings'.

Transport for London (TfL) refused to grant the Silicon Valley-based company a new licence in 2019 due to what it called a 'pattern of failures', including thousands of trips conducted where drivers other than those advertised picked up passengers, reports Reuters.

Uber argued it has since assuaged concerns by improving insurance document verification systems and rolling out real-time identification.

The US company was also denied a licence by Transport for London in 2017, in a major blow in one of its mo...