Overview

• Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the Supreme Court that Chhattisgarh Police has filed a closure report in the FIR tied to Ramdev’s 2021 comments on allopathy.
• The court observed that only one FIR in Bihar is still pending, saying the plea to club multiple cases no longer survives.
• The matter was adjourned to the last week of December, with the bench assuring that no coercive steps will be taken against Ramdev in the meantime.
• Mehta said the complaints appeared to be lodged by “sponsored” persons, as Ramdev’s counsel warned a protest petition could revive a closed case and asked the court to verify the Bihar case status.
• The Patna and Raipur IMA complaints cited IPC sections 188, 269 and 504 and the Disaster Management Act, and Ramdev later withdrew the remarks after a letter from the then health minister, while the Delhi Medical Association sought to intervene alleging unapproved Coronil sales.