Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notice to Patanjali Over Misleading Ads

The court criticizes the Centre's inaction and imposes a temporary ban on Patanjali's false advertising claims.

The Supreme Court issued a contempt notice to Patanjali Ayurved for misleading advertisements and criticized the Centre for inaction.
Patanjali Ayurved is temporarily banned from advertising medicines with misleading claims about curing diseases.
The court highlighted the issue of misleading medical advertisements and the government's lack of response.
Contempt of court notices were also issued against Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna for flouting previous court orders.
The Supreme Court previously threatened to impose a cost of ₹1 crore per false claim propagated in each advertisement.