Overview

• A division bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla disposed of Patanjali’s appeal, leaving core interim restraints from July largely intact.
• Patanjali must drop the phrase “made with 40 herbs,” which the court viewed as directly targeting Dabur’s “40+” positioning.
• The injunction against a specific Hindi line found disparaging by the single judge was upheld, with Patanjali not pressing to retain it.
• Dabur’s counsel argued a compliant product cannot be termed “ordinary” under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, but the court treated the term as permissible puffery.
• The court recorded Patanjali’s agreement to the modifications and said the ads may run in print and TV after the prohibited references are removed.