NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Friday issued notices to Baba Ramdev and Patanjali‘s Divya Pharmacy following a petition alleging that their herbal tooth powder, Divya Dant Manjan, contains non-vegetarian ingredients despite being labeled and branded as vegetarian. The petition, filed by advocate Yatin Sharma, points out that the product’s packaging features a green…
Despite having three laws to protect the public against false claims and misleading ads of drugs, affidavits of various state governments in the Patanjali case in the Supreme Court showed that “in most cases penalties imposed are nil” and “action taken is poor”. The court order noted that “despite the statutes being in place, the…
Yoga guru Ramdev has been ordered by the Delhi High Court to cease all claims that his product, Coronil, is a cure for COVID-19. The court also directed him to remove such claims from all online platforms within three days. It said if the defendants fail to comply with the directions, the social media intermediaries…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday issued an order to Baba Ramdev and Patanjali, instructing them to remove claims promoting Coronil as a “cure” for Covid-19. The order was passed by Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani on Monday, in response to an interim injunction application filed as part of a suit by various doctors’…
NEW DELHI: Terming Indian Medical Association (IMA) president R V Asokan‘s adverse remarks in the Patanjali misleading advertisements case “very, very unacceptable”, the Supreme Court asked, “Your president gave an interview on the eve of the hearing. Why on the eve of hearing?”Expressing displeasure over Asokan’s comments a day before the top court was slated…
DEHRADUN/HARIDWAR: In a double blow to Patanjali, the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) in Chandigarh has imposed a hefty penalty of Rs 27.5 crore on Patanjali Foods for an irregularity in Input Tax Credit (ITC). The notice comes a day after the Uttarakhand govt suspended the licences for 14 products sold by Patanjali Ayurved…
NEW DELHI: After Patanjali Ayurved founders Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna, who had to face contempt proceedings on a plea by the Indian Medical Association (IMA), it now seems to be the turn of the IMA chief to face the music with Supreme Court on Tuesday allowing filing of a contempt application against him for…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court criticised the Uttarakhand State Licensing Authority on Tuesday for not taking action in the case of misleading advertisements related to Patanjali Ayurved Limited. Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah’s bench expressed dissatisfaction with the explanation provided by the body, noting that it seemed the licensing authority only acted in…
NEW DELHI: Patanjali Ayurved Limited co-founders Yoga guru Ramdev and Balkrishna on Wednesday issued a new public apology in newspapers a day after the Supreme Court questioned them about the size of the previous apology issued by the company for violating court orders over misleading advertisements.The fresh apology, titled “Unconditional Public Apology,” covers a quarter…
NEW DELHI: Hearing case on misleading advertisements by Patanjali Ayurved, the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday said that the Ramdev-owned company’s public apology in newspapers should be of same size in which it advertises its products.Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Ramdev, said that an apology has been published in newspapers. But the Supreme Court reprimanded…
