Winning Bizness Desk
Mumbai. It seems that good times are not coming back for Baba Ramdev-owned company Patanjali anytime soon. It is reported that Patanjali Ayurveda Limited has stopped the sale of its 14 products in the market. Patanjali informed the Supreme Court about this on July 9. The company told the bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Sandeep Mehta that after the cancellation of the license, 5,606 franchise stores have been instructed to withdraw 14 products. Also, instructions have been given to withdraw advertisements of the products from media platforms. The bench has directed Patanjali Ayurveda Limited to file an affidavit within two weeks. In this, the company has to tell whether the social media coordinators have accepted their request to remove the advertisements of these products and whether they have withdrawn the advertisements. The next hearing of this case will now be on July 30.
SC has fired Baba Ramdev in recent past
Actually, on May 14, the Supreme Court had asked Patanjali Ayurveda what steps have been taken to withdraw the advertisements of the 14 products whose licenses have been canceled. The court had given Patanjali 3 weeks to file an affidavit. The Supreme Court is hearing the petition of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) against Patanjali, in which Patanjali has been accused of running a defamatory campaign against Covid vaccination and allopathy treatment. The Uttarakhand State License Authority had told the Supreme Court in April that the licenses of 14 products of Patanjali Ayurveda Limited and Divya Pharmacy have been suspended. On May 14, the Supreme Court had reserved its order on the contempt notice issued to yoga guru Ramdev, his associate Balkrishna and Patanjali Ayurveda Limited in the misleading advertisement case.
SC had reprimanded the IMA chief
The Supreme Court had refused to accept the apology of IMA Chief Dr. RV Ashokan regarding the statement made in the media in the hearing on May 14. Actually, the court had said that IMA should also consider its doctors, who often prescribe expensive and non-essential medicines to patients. If you raise one finger towards someone, then four fingers are also raised towards you. The IMA chief had described this comment of the Supreme Court as unfortunate. During an interview with the news agency on April 29, he said - The Supreme Court has broken the morale of the doctors. On this statement of the IMA chief, Patanjali Chairman Balkrishna had filed a petition in the Supreme Court saying - Ashokan lowered the dignity of the law. The Supreme Court had reprimanded IMA chief Dr. RV Ashokan for this statement. On May 14, the court had said that freedom of expression is fine, but sometimes a person has to be restrained. You cannot say anything about the court while sitting on the sofa. After this, the IMA chief had also filed an affidavit in the court and apologized unconditionally. However, the court rejected the apology.
