Supreme Court Rejected Patanjali Ayurveda’s Apology Letter In Misleading Advertisement Case, Said-We Are Not Blind
Patanjali Ayurveda Misleading Advertisement Case, New Delhi : Patanjali Ayurveda suffered a major setback on Thursday. The matter is of misleading advertisement, in relation to which during the hearing today, the highest court of the country has rejected the apology letter of the firm. Not only this, the bench has even said that the court will have to face punishment for its mistake. During this hearing, the Supreme Court also expressed disagreement with the reply of the Central Government, while also strongly reprimanding the Uttarakhand State Government.
Let us tell you that an advertisement was issued on July 10, 2022 by Patanjali Ayurved, a pharmaceutical manufacturing company running under the guidance of Yogguru Baba Ramdev. In that advertisement, the companies manufacturing allopathy medicines (English medicines) were accused of spreading misconceptions. On August 17, 2022, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) had filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the misleading advertisement of Patanjali. This case was heard on Thursday before the bench of two judges of the Supreme Court, Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah. However, earlier on April 2, the firm had said that it would issue an unconditional apology. On Thursday, the Supreme Court refused to accept Patanjali’s apology affidavit.
During this, Justice Amanullah said that these people have ignored our orders three times. These people have made a mistake, they will have to face the consequences. He further said that we are not blind. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing in the court on behalf of Patanjali, said that people make mistakes. To this the bench replied, ‘Then they have to suffer. We don’t want to be so liberal in this matter. We are also not satisfied with the response of the Central Government.
The AYUSH Ministry has also filed an affidavit and said that it will take action against the claims of Ramdev and Divya Pharmacy. Justice Kohli said why was the AYUSH Ministry waiting till now to take action? On the other hand, the Supreme Court asked the Uttarakhand government, what did you do when they violated the statement given to you? Sitting and waiting for our order? This has happened 6 times. The licensing inspector remained silent again and again. There is no report from the officer. Later the appointed officer also did the same. Those three officers should be immediately suspended. Along with this, the Supreme Court further asked whether this is not neglect of duty? Is this how your drug inspection officers work?
