The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Baba Ramdev to be personally present before it for not filing reply to show cause contempt notice issued against him over misleading advertisements of Patanjali Ayurved.
Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna are prima facie in violation of Sections 3 and 4 of the Drugs and Remedies Act.
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The apex court previously came down heavily on Patanjali Ayurved, saying that the entire country has been “taken for a ride”. It restrained Patanjali Ayurved from advertising or branding products meant for treating diseases till further orders.
A bench of justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah also cautioned the company and its officers against making any media statements, both in print and electronic, against any system of medicine in any form as stated in their undertaking on November 21 last year.
“The entire country has been taken for a ride,” the bench observed, while questioning the Centre as to what action it has taken against Patanjali Ayurved for the alleged incorrect assertions and misrepresentation in advertisements about its medicines as cure of several diseases.
