Published On : Tue, Feb 27th, 2024
By Nagpur Today Nagpur News

“Government’s Eyes Closed”: Supreme Court On Patanjali “False” Ads Case

The Supreme Court had in November last year cautioned Patanjali Ayurved against making "false" and "misleading" claims in advertisements about its medicines as a cure of several diseases.
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court today came own heavily on the Centre in connection with the Patanjali Ayurved “misleading and false” advertisement case.
“The government is sitting with its eye closed,” the Supreme Court said.

The Supreme Court had in November last year cautioned Patanjali Ayurved, co-owned by Yoga Guru Ramdev, against making “false” and “misleading” claims in advertisements about its medicines.

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“What happened to this Guru Swami Ramdev Baba?… Ultimately we respect him as he popularised yoga. We all go for this. But, he should not criticise the other system. You see the type of advertisements accusing all the doctors as if they are killers or something. Huge advertisements (have been given),” the bench headed by the then CJI NV Ramana, since retired, had said.

The top court had asked the counsel appearing for the Centre to find a remedy to the issue of misleading medical advertisements.

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