Patanjali Misleading Advertisement Case: The Supreme Court on Tuesday banned the misleading medicine advertisements of Baba Ramdev’s company Patanjali Ayurveda. In fact, last year the court had directed the company not to give such advertisements. The company ignored it. On this, the court has issued contempt notice to the company and Managing Director (MD) Acharya Balkrishna.
On the decision of the Supreme Court, Patanjali said- We are waiting for the order of the Supreme Court. Will follow his instructions. The Supreme Court was hearing the petition filed by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on August 17, 2022. It was said that Patanjali did negative publicity against Covid vaccination and allopathy. Besides, he also falsely claimed to cure some diseases with his Ayurvedic medicines. The next hearing of the case will be on March 19.
Cheating the country by making misleading claims (Patanjali Misleading Advertisement Case)
The bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah said – Patanjali is cheating the country by making misleading claims that some diseases will be cured by its medicines, whereas there is no concrete evidence for this. Patanjali cannot advertise its products claiming to cure diseases specified in the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act.
The court asked the government- What action did you take against Patanjali?
The court asked the government what action has been taken against Patanjali’s advertisements under the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act 1954. On behalf of the Centre, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) said that data is being collected in this regard. The court expressed displeasure over this reply and directed to keep an eye on the company’s advertisements.
