SC issues TRO on Angkas

December 12, 2018

The Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) on operation of popular app-based ride-sharing service Angkas, which the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) had earlier stopped for lack of necessary franchise to operate.

In a two-page order dated December 5, the SC’s Second Division granted the immediate relief sought in the petition filed by LTFRB and the Department of Transportation (DoTr) seeking to stop the operations of Angkas run by DBDOYC Inc.

The TRO enjoins the implementation of the writ of preliminary injunction issued by a Mandaluyong Regional Trial Court last August in favor of Angkas.

The SC's order paves the way for LTFRB and DoTr to arrest Angkas riders.

"The Court, without necessarily giving due course thereto, resolves to issue a temporary restraining order, effective immediately and continuing until further orders from this Court, enjoining public respondent Judge Carlos A. Valenzuela, RTC, Br.213, Mandaluyong City, the private respondent (DBDOYC Inc.), their agents, representatives and anyone acting on their behalf, from implementing the assailed RTC Order dated 20 August 2018," stated the notice of resolution signed by SC clerk of court . Edgar Aricheta.

The SC resolution also required the private operators of Angkas to submit its comment to the petition of transport authorities within 10 days from notice. DMS