<p>India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday (Mar 19) ordered Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev and his close aide Acharya Balkrishna to personally appear before the court in a case over misleading advertisements for Patanjali Ayurved. A bench of justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah issued the order following the failure of the company and the duo to file replies to the court’s earlier notices that asked why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against them.</p>

<p>Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna are co-owners of Patanjali. Balkrishna also serves as the CEO of the company.</p>

<p>Earlier on February 27, the apex court had slapped an interim ban on ads of Patanjali Ayurved's medicines. The court observed the company can’t make claims that their medicines would treat ailments specified in the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/indias-top-court-slaps-ban-on-patanjali-medicine-ads-for-misleading-claims-694430"><strong>Also read:&nbsp;India’s top court slaps ban on Patanjali medicine ads for misleading claims</strong></a></p>

<p>"Why haven't you filed your response yet? We will ask the managing director to appear in the court during the next hearing," the court asked on Tuesday. It also stated that the pair was prima facie in violation of Sections 3 and 4 of the Drugs and Remedies Act, which deal with misleading ads of medicines.</p>

<h2><strong>Case brought by Indian Medical Association (IMA)</strong></h2>

<p>The bench was hearing the case filed by the Indian Medical Association against an alleged smear campaign by Baba Ramdev against COVID-19 vaccines and modern medicine (allopathy).</p>

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<p>During the previous hearing, the court had also pulled up the union government for “sitting with its eyes closed” over the matter.</p>

<p>“You (Union government) wait for two years when the Act says this is prohibited. The government is sitting with its eyes closed,” the court said.</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday (Mar 19) ordered Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev and his close aide Acharya Balkrishna to personally appear before the court in a case over misleading advertisements for Patanjali Ayurved.

India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday (Mar 19) ordered Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev and his close aide Acharya Balkrishna to personally appear before the court in a case over misleading advertisements for Patanjali Ayurved. A bench of justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah issued the order following the failure of the company and the duo to file replies to the court’s earlier notices that asked why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against them. Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna are co-owners of Patanjali. Balkrishna also serves as the CEO of the company. Earlier on February 27, the apex court had slapped an interim ban on ads of Patanjali Ayurved's medicines. The court observed the company can’t make claims that their medicines would treat ailments specified in the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act. Also read: India’s top court slaps ban on Patanjali medicine ads for misleading claims "Why haven't you filed your response yet? We will ask the managing director to appear in the court during the next hearing," the court asked on Tuesday. It also stated that the pair was prima facie in violation of Sections 3 and 4 of the Drugs and Remedies Act, which deal with misleading ads of medicines. Case brought by Indian Medical Association (IMA) The bench was hearing the case filed by the Indian Medical Association against an alleged smear campaign by Baba Ramdev against COVID-19 vaccines and modern medicine (allopathy). Watch: Gravitas: Patanjali snubbed by Supreme Court for false advertising × During the previous hearing, the court had also pulled up the union government for “sitting with its eyes closed” over the matter. “You (Union government) wait for two years when the Act says this is prohibited. The government is sitting with its eyes closed,” the court said. (With inputs from agencies)

India’s Supreme Court orders yoga guru Ramdev to appear in court in misleading ads case

<p>Yoga guru Ramdev has approached the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court order removing the ban on publication and sale of a book purportedly on his life, which he claimed contained defamatory content.</p>

<p>Justice R K Gauba is likely to hear tomorrow his plea which has been filed against the publisher and the author of the book.</p>

<p>Ramdev has challenged a civil judge's April 28 order by which the court had lifted the ban on the book by setting aside the injunction order of the trial court in August last year.</p>

<p>The judge had struck down the order to prohibit/ban the publication and sale of the book by "stifling" the right of freedom and speech and expression guaranteed to the author and the publisher under the Article 19(1) of the Constitution till the final disposal of the suit.</p>

<p>In August last year, a Delhi court had restrained publisher Juggernaut Books from publishing and selling the book titled 'Godman To Tycoon', which was allegedly based on the life of the yoga guru, till further orders.</p>

<p>It had also restrained Amazon India and Flipkart Internet Pvt Ltd from selling the book online and said any pending delivery of the book to buyers be stopped immediately.</p>

<p>The book was published in July last year and authored by journalist Priyanka Pathak Narain, who was represented through advocate Satyajit Sarna in the court.</p>

<p>Ramdev, in his suit, had alleged that the information in the book was false, tended to injure his reputation and led to an inference that the yoga guru had been involved in mischievous and criminal activities to achieve fame and success.&nbsp</p>

<p>The publisher had earlier said that the book was a work of serious journalism. It was the product of over fifty interviews, many of them taped, with Ramdev and key players in his life, including close aides and family members, it had said.</p>

<p>"The book contains a detailed 25-page note on sources that lists the interviews, articles, police reports and RTI replies that are the basis of each chapter," it had said in the statement.&nbsp</p>


Justice R K Gauba is likely to hear tomorrow his plea which has been filed against the publisher and the author of the book.

Yoga guru Ramdev has approached the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court order removing the ban on publication and sale of a book purportedly on his life, which he claimed contained defamatory content. Justice R K Gauba is likely to hear tomorrow his plea which has been filed against the publisher and the author of the book. Ramdev has challenged a civil judge's April 28 order by which the court had lifted the ban on the book by setting aside the injunction order of the trial court in August last year. The judge had struck down the order to prohibit/ban the publication and sale of the book by "stifling" the right of freedom and speech and expression guaranteed to the author and the publisher under the Article 19(1) of the Constitution till the final disposal of the suit. In August last year, a Delhi court had restrained publisher Juggernaut Books from publishing and selling the book titled 'Godman To Tycoon', which was allegedly based on the life of the yoga guru, till further orders. It had also restrained Amazon India and Flipkart Internet Pvt Ltd from selling the book online and said any pending delivery of the book to buyers be stopped immediately. The book was published in July last year and authored by journalist Priyanka Pathak Narain, who was represented through advocate Satyajit Sarna in the court. Ramdev, in his suit, had alleged that the information in the book was false, tended to injure his reputation and led to an inference that the yoga guru had been involved in mischievous and criminal activities to achieve fame and success. The publisher had earlier said that the book was a work of serious journalism. It was the product of over fifty interviews, many of them taped, with Ramdev and key players in his life, including close aides and family members, it had said. "The book contains a detailed 25-page note on sources that lists the interviews, articles, police reports and RTI replies that are the basis of each chapter," it had said in the statement.

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India’s Supreme Court orders yoga guru Ramdev to appear in court in misleading ads case

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