The Patanjali commercial lawsuit has a scheduled hearing on April 23. Baba Ramdev and Balkrishna have agreed to provide a public apology

On Tuesday, Patanjali Ayurved managing director Balkrishna and yoga guru Ramdev informed the Supreme Court that they would be ready to issue a public apology in the case involving deceptive ads.

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.”

Ramdev and Balkrishna, who were both present in court, were invited by the top court to go forward so they could speak with the bench.

The bench said, “They ought to feel a connection with the court.”

The bench is now speaking with Ramdev at 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.

Arriving in New Delhi for the Supreme Court hearing on the Patanjali deceptive marketing case is yoga master Ramdev.
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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 supreme 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 declared “bound down to such assurance” by the supreme court.

The supreme court was displeased with their disregard for the particular guarantee and their following remarks in the media, so it sent them a notice asking them to clarify why they would not be facing contempt.

The supreme court chastised them at the most recent session, telling them that their apologies would not be accepted and stressing the need for society as a whole to learn not to disobey court orders.

In the contempt case pertaining to the publishing of deceptive medical ads that purportedly violated the undertaking provided to the court, Patanjali Ayurved and its Managing Director Acharya Balkrishna and Ramdev presented a second affidavit of apology, which was rejected by the court.

Arriving in New Delhi for the Supreme Court hearing on the Patanjali deceptive marketing case is yoga master Ramdev.
Balkrishna, MD of Patanjali, and Ramdev offer the Supreme Court a “complete and utter apology” for their deceptive advertising.