The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev to remain personally present before it as he failed to file a reply to a showcause notice in the contempt proceedings initiated against Patanjali Ayurved for its misleading advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The order was passed by the Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah. The case will be heard next on April 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Apex Court noted that Ramdev and Patanjali Chairman Acharya Balkrishna were prima facie in violation of Sections 3 and 4 of the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bench passed the order despite strong opposition by Senior Advocate Mukul Rohtagi, appearing for Patanjali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the Court directed Ramdev and Balkrishna to file their replies, Rohatgi protested and asked, “How does Ramdev come into the picture?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bench asked Rohatgi, “How can you be in the teeth of our orders?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rohtagi then submitted that violation of the law was not a contempt of court and what was being relied on in the open court had to be recorded in the order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the Court did not relent and passed the order for the personal appearance of Ramdev.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier, the top court of the country had imposed a temporary ban on advertisements of Patanjali Ayurved’s medicines, and issued contempt notices to its founders Ramdev and Balkrishna for making misleading claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Apex Court observed that Patanjali has been taking the country for a ride by falsely claiming that its medicines could cure certain diseases despite no empirical evidence for the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It also pulled up the Central government for not tackling such misleading advertisements despite the present petition having been filed in 2022 against the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bench further directed Patanjali not to make any adverse statements or claims against other forms of medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The order was passed on a petition filed by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) alleging a smear campaign by the self-styled yoga guru and his company against the Covid-19 vaccination drive and modern medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In November last year, the Apex Court had threatened to impose costs of Rs 1 crore per false claim made in each advertisement for Patanjali Ayurved products that claimed to cure diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bench had then stressed that the issue could not be reduced to a debate between allopathy\/modern medicine and Ayurvedic products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It further directed Patanjali not to publish any false advertisements in the future, and to avoid making such claims to the media, as ultimately a solution was needed regarding misleading medical advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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