Kerala Court Issues Non-Bailable Warrant Against Baba Ramdev After His Non-Appearance In Objectionable Ads Case

A Kerala Court on Saturday (February 1 )issued non-bailable warrants against Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balakrishna following their non-appearance in the criminal case filed by Kerala Drugs Inspector against Divya Pharmacy over alleged misleading medical ads.The warrants have been issued to secure their presence on February 15. Earlier the Court (Judicial First Class Magistrate-II Palakkad ) had issued bailable warrants to the accused for their appearance on Feb 1. Since they did not appear on February 1, the Court has now issued non-bailable warrants.Divya Pharmacy is an affiliated company of Patanjali Ayurved.The complaint is filed by the Drug Inspector under Section 3, 3 (b) and 3 (d) of The Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954. Section 3 prohibits the advertisement of certain drugs for the treatment of certain diseases and disorders. Section 3 (b) prohibits advertisements of drugs claiming maintenance or improvement of the capacity of human beings for sexual pleasure. Section 3 (d) prohibits advertisements of drugs that claim the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of any disease, disorder or condition of diseases provided in the Rules made under the Act.Divya Pharmacy is the first accused, Acharya Balkrishna the second accused and Baba Ramdev the third accused in the case.Patanjali Ayurved products were under the scrutiny of the Supreme Court for publishing misleading advertisements against modern systems of medicines like Allopathy. The Court later issued a contempt notice to Patanjali Ayurved for continuing to publish such misleading advertisements that disparage allopathy and make false claims about curing certain diseases. The contempt cases were later closed by the Supreme Court accepting the public apology issued by Ramdev, Acharya Balkrishna and Patanjali Ayurved.Case : Drugs Inspector Palakkad v. Divya Pharmacy and others | ST/0001525/2024

Kerala Court Issues Non-Bailable Warrant Against Baba Ramdev After His Non-Appearance In Objectionable Ads Case

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