The logo of Uber is seen on an iPad, during a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan April 13, 2017 - REUTERS-Tyrone SiuView of Egypt's High Court of Justice in Cairo - REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El GhanyCAIRO - 8 April 2018: The Cairo Court of Urgent Matters ruled on Saturday to annul the Cairo Administrative Court's verdict suspending the license of the two largest ride-hailing applications in Egypt, Uber and Careem.The two companies applied to this court, which allowed them to operate until a final decision from the Highest Administrative Court is issued. But questions then started to arise on the legality of the rule and whether the Court of Urgent Matters have jurisdiction to annul this verdict.Director of the Cairo Center for Political and Legal Studies Ahmed Mahran told Egypt Today that the rule of the Court of Urgent Matters is neither constitutional nor legal. “This rule is considered a breach to the jurisdictions of the Administrative court,” he said.The Administrative Court is specialized in ruling in these cases as long as one of the parties of the case is the government. They also claimed that the two firms were registered as a call center and an internet company, respectively. He explained that accepting the lawsuit does not mean banning their activities at the current time.Careem said it had not received any official request to stop operations in Egypt, and continued to do business as normal.

Source: Egypt Today April 08, 2018 17:48 UTC