New Delhi. The Supreme Court rejected the apology of Ramdev and Balkrishna in the Patanjali misleading advertisement case. The top court said that there has been contempt of court, be prepared for action. Regarding the apology, the court said that we are not blind, we are seeing and understanding everything. The bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Amanatullah asked how the affidavit was published in the media before it came before us. Was it designed for publicity?
Baba Ramdev & Acharya Balakrishna will apologize in front of Supreme Court once again today.
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Earlier, during the last hearing on April 2, the Supreme Court had reprimanded Yoga Guru Ramdev and Patanjali Ayurveda MD Acharya Balkrishna. The court had held both of them responsible for not filing proper affidavits and ignoring the rules. The court had asked him to file a written affidavit. After which an affidavit was given by Ramdev and Balkrishna yesterday itself which was circulated in the media. The Supreme Court expressed strong displeasure regarding this matter. Justice Amanatullah said that you are committing fraud in the affidavit. Who has prepared it? At the same time, Justice Hima Kohli said that you should not give such an affidavit. On this, lawyer Mukul Rohatgi said that we have made a mistake. The Supreme Court said in a strict tone that the word default is small. We will take action.
The Supreme Court also pulled up the Uttarakhand government for not taking action against Patanjali Ayurveda for violating the law. The Supreme Court said that it will not leave the Uttarakhand government in this matter. All the complaints were sent to the government. Let us tell you that a petition was filed in the Supreme Court on 17 August 2022 on behalf of the Indian Medical Association. It said that Patanjali did negative publicity against Covid vaccination and allopathy. At the same time, he has falsely claimed to cure some diseases with his own Ayurvedic medicines. IMA has demanded action against Patanjali in this matter.