Patanjali case: Supreme Court hearing on April 23; Ramdev and Balkrishna Acharya prepared for “public apology”
Yoga master Ramdev and Patanjali Ayurved Ltd MD Balkrishna Acharya were given a week by the Supreme Court on Tuesday to take action to clear their names of any supposed disrespect after their attorneys pledged to apologise in public for their deceptive advertisement case. Senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi, speaking on behalf of Ramdev and Balkrishna, told a bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah, “I am willing to give a public apology,” according to news agency. Ramdev and Balkrishna, who were both present in court, were invited by the Supreme Court to come forward and speak with the bench. The bench stated, “They ought to feel a connection with the court.”
The bench is currently speaking with Ramdev during the matter’s hearing. Before the supreme court, Ramdev and Balkrishna submitted a “unconditional and unqualified apology” about advertising the company released that made exaggerated claims about the therapeutic value of their goods. Ramdev and Balkrishna have submitted two distinct affidavits to the court, in which they unconditionally apologize for the “breach of the statement” noted in the apex court’s November 21st, 2018 judgment.
In the order dated November 21, 2023, the Supreme Court mentioned that the legal representative of Patanjali Ayurved had given it the assurance that “from now on, there won’t be any infractions of any laws, particularly concerning the branding or advertising of its manufactured and marketed products and, additionally, that no trite remarks asserting therapeutic effectiveness or disparaging any medical system will be disclosed to the media in any manner.”
Patanjali Ayurved Ltd was ruled by the Supreme Court to be “bound down to such assurance”. The highest court . was displeased with their disregard for the particular assurance and their following remarks in the media, so it sent them a notice asking them to clarify why they would not be facing contempt.
