Court issues bailable warrant vs Ramdev, Balkrishna in misleading advt case
This story was originally published at 14:42 IST on 20 January 2025
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NEW DELHI – A judicial first class magistrate II court in Palakkad, Kerala, has issued bailable warrants against Patanjali Ayurved. Ltd.'s co-founder Baba Ramdev, its managing director Acharya Balkrishna, and Divya Pharmacy, a part of Divya Yog Mandir Trust, which is operated and managed by the two, in a misleading advertisement case. The court will hear the case next on Feb. 1.
The court was hearing a case by the drugs inspector of Palakkad against Ramdev, Balkrishna, and Divya Pharmacy under Sections 3(d) and 7(a) of Drug and Magic Remedies(Objectionable Advertisement) Act 1954, relating to prohibition of the advertisement of drugs and magic remedies for certain diseases and conditions. Though the court had earlier issued summons to Ramdev, Balkrishna and Divya Pharmacy for their appearance on Jan. 16, the three had failed to turn up in court.
According to media reports, similar cases were also pending against them in courts in Kozhikode and Haridwar in Uttarakhand and summons have been issued multiple times to them. However, they have not appeared before the courts as yet.
On Jan. 15, the apex court had warned states and Union territories of contempt proceedings if they did not take action against misleading advertisements and medical claims that were contrary to law. The Supreme Court was hearing a petition filed by the Indian Medical Association, which raised concern over the continuous, systematic, and unabated spread of misinformation regarding allopathic and modern medicines.
The apex court had noted Amicus Curiae Shadan Farasat's submission on the states that have not taken action against misleading advertisements. The apex court gave specific dates to different states and Union territories to consider their compliance report on the action taken against misleading advertisements. "We make it clear that if we see non-compliance we have to issue contempt notices under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971," the apex court said. Patanjali Ayurved is the parent company of Patanjali Foods Ltd. End
Reported by Surya Tripathi
Edited by Avishek Dutta
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