Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali: 3 controversies of the Ayurveda company

The Supreme Court rapped Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali on April 2nd in a misleading advertisement case. The Ayurveda conglomerate is no stranger to controversy.

In June 2020, when thousands died of COVID-19 everyday, Patanjali released Coronil and claimed the herbal concoction was a cure for the disease. The Haridwar-based company courted a row last year for allegedly using Cuttlefish extracts in a toothpaste that was marked vegetarian.

Patanjali was also in a tussle with Indian food safety regulators, which accused the company of printing forged licence numbers on packets of instant noodles.

The Supreme Court came down hard on the company for its “absolute defiance” in not filing proper affidavits of compliance in the misleading advertisement case and breaking "every barrier".

The top court wondered as to why the Centre “chose to keep its eyes shut when Patanjali was going to town saying there were no remedies for COVID in allopathy”.

Last month, Patanjali MD Acharya Balkrishna had tendered an unqualified apology to the apex court for advertising the herbal products of the firm claiming their medicinal efficacy in treating several serious diseases and running down other systems of medicine.

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