India, April 23 -- The Karnataka government is reportedly considering formulating a policy to legalise bike taxi services in the state, even as it challenges a High Court (HC) ruling on the matter in the Supreme Court (SC).

A top government official told Economic Times that the state's special leave petition (SLP) is focused on "technical flaws" in the January 23 judgment of the HC, and is not linked to any future policy decision.

"It (SLP) has nothing to do with framing a policy, which we may still consider at a later date," the source reportedly added. 

For context,  an SLP is a request made to the Supreme Court of India to review a lower court's decision. The HC order had allowed bike taxi operations to resume operations i...