The apex court made the oral observations while dealing with the petition filed by the IMA last year in which it had assailed the publicity blitzkrieg by Patanjali Ayurved claiming permanent relief for various ailments through its product and at the same time denigrating allopathy medicines
The Supreme Court reprimands yoga instructor Ramdev and his firm Patanjali for misleading advertisements claiming to cure all diseases and disparaging modern medicine. The court asks the government to create a mechanism to stop such ads and threatens to impose a fine of ₹1 crore on each product. The court also calls for a comprehensive solution to deal with misleading claims. The matter has been posted for February 5, 2023. | Latest News India
The Supreme Court threatened to impose costs of ₹1 crore per false claim made in each advertisement for Patanjali Ayurved products that claim to cure diseases.