Why is the Supreme Court so critical of Baba Ramdev? Despite finishing the hand, he does not agree; What is the cause? Patanjali ads case You are doing good work but you cannot degrade allopathy SC tells Ramdev – News18 Kannada Achi-News

New Delhi (August 18): The Supreme Court has allowed yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his associate Acharya Balakrishna to tender a public apology in the allopathy misleading and defamatory advertisement case. The Supreme Court gave both of them a week to apologize and explained that they are not going to give compensation at the moment.

During the proceedings, Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balakrishna were present in the court in person. This was his third solo show. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, who appeared for the duo, told a bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah that they apologized unconditionally and were ready to apologize publicly.

So what is this whole thing? Who went to the Supreme Court against Baba Ramdev, Acharya Balakrishna and Patanjali and why? After all, why is the Supreme Court reprimanding Yoga Guru Ramdev again and again? Let us understand in this explanation.

When and how did the issue begin?

The case started on 17 August 2022. The Indian Medical Association ie IMA has filed a petition in the Supreme Court saying that Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balakrishna Patanjali’s company has spread false and negative propaganda against the Covid vaccine and allopathic medicines. In its advertisement it falsely claims to treat these diseases with Ayurvedic medicines. The IMA said that Patanjali in its advertisement has shown that an infectious disease like Covid can be completely cured by its products. Not only this, a false and defamatory campaign was carried out against the claims of Covid vaccine and allopathy and the entire campaign was carried out deliberately.

What claim did the IMA make?

In its petition, the Indian Medical Association alleged that Patanjali had violated two laws. The first is the Drugs and Magic Drugs Act 1954 and the second is the Consumer Protection Act 2019. The Drugs and Magic Drugs (Offensive Advertisement) Act, 1954 clearly states that unless scientifically proven, a specific disease has been completely proven. If a drug is healing, it is illegal to advertise and make misleading claims about it. Similarly, the Consumer Protection Act states that no company can mislead consumers. You cannot trap them by showing false and misleading ads. Any company that does this will be subject to legal action.

Matter of FIR to Court

During the Corona pandemic, when Baba Ramdev made controversial statements about allopathic medicines, he started a direct battle with the IMA. Later, state units of IMA filed FIRs against Baba Ramdev in different states. Baba Ramdev then went to the Supreme Court and said that the comments he made did not in any way fall within the ambit of the offence. There was a demand that all the FIRs should be consolidated and transferred to Delhi.

After all, what did Baba Ramdev say?

In 2021, when the Corona pandemic was at its peak, Baba Ramdev said that lakhs of people lost their lives due to allopathic medicines. Describing allopathy as a stupid science, he said, there is no lack of oxygen in our environment, but people are looking for cylinders. Then the then Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan also expressed displeasure with this statement of Baba Ramdev.

These diseases are also mentioned

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has accused Baba Ramdev, Acharya Balakrishna and his company Patanjali of making false claims about Corona, while talking about diabetes, asthma and skin related diseases. It is said that the company of Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balakrishna made a fake campaign of eradicating these diseases and spread false propaganda.

Why was the Supreme Court angry?

When the IMA approached the Supreme Court, during a hearing in November last year, the Supreme Court asked Patanjali to stop the misleading advertisements immediately. The company also agreed to this, but immediately Baba Ramdev held a press conference where he made all kinds of claims about allopathy. The Supreme Court has expressed great anger about this. During the hearing on April 16, Justice Kohli asked about the press conference that Baba Ramdev had addressed after the Supreme Court’s order on November 21 last year.

Accordingly, the lawyer representing Patanjali Ayurveda assured that “there will be no further violation of the law especially in relation to advertising or branding of products manufactured and sold by Patanjali Ayurveda”. It is said that no statement about the efficacy of any method of treatment or against it shall be made in any form in the media…” The Supreme Court said that Patanjali Ayurveda Limited “will abide by such assurance”.

What questions should be asked to Baba Ramdev?

Justice Kohli told Ramdev, ‘We want to understand, Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balakrishna are here. You have a good reputation. People look up to you, appreciate your work. You have worked hard for yoga, why did you do this? Baba Ramdev folded his hands and said, “I want to say that I apologize unconditionally for my mistake. Ramdev told the bench that he had no intention of disrespecting the court in any way. Acharya Balakrishna also apologized for the mistake.

‘Allopathy cannot be degraded’

During the hearing on April 16, the Supreme Court told Baba Ramdev ‘You cannot degrade allopathy. You are doing your job.’ The bench told him that there are several systems of medicine in India such as Ayurveda, Yoga, Allopathy and Unani and the public uses all of them. It is not right to call any system bad and ask for its abolition.

‘You’re not so innocent’

The order was passed in November last year after Patanjali’s lawyers filed an affidavit, the bench said. You did all this despite orders. You weren’t innocent enough to know what happened in court. The bench said that such innocence would not work in court. The bench expressed displeasure when Balakrishna, managing director of Patanjali Ayurveda Limited, said he had nothing to do with Ramdev’s day-to-day affairs.

Now what happens next?

If you think your lawyer has apologised, the Supreme Court has said, we have not yet decided whether to accept your apology or not,” Justice Amanullah told Balakrishna. It does not appear that he At present, the Supreme Court has given Baba Ramdev and Balakrishna a week to issue a public apology and has scheduled the hearing on April 23.

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