The Uttarakhand licencing authority on Monday suspended licences of 14 Patanjali products with immediate effect.
In an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, the licencing body said that it had suspended licenses of 14 products manufactured by Patanjali’s Divya Pharmacy in connection with the misleading advertisements case.
The banned products include Divya Pharmacy’s Drishti Eye drop, Swasari Gold, Swasari Vati, Bronchom, Swasari Pravahi, Swasari Avaleh, Mukta Vati Extra Power, Lipidom, Bp Grit, Madhugrit, Madhunashini Vati Extra Power, Livamrit Advance, Livogrit and Eyegrit Gold.
The Supreme Court will hear the matter related to the apology published by Yoga guru Ramdev and his associate Acharya Balkrishna on April 30. Both of them will be present in the court on Tuesday.
During the last hearing on April 23, the Supreme Court had pulled up Patanjali for not displaying their apology “prominently” in newspapers. The court had asked if the size of the apology put out in newspapers by Patanjali was similar to full-page advertisements for its products. Patanjali had said it had published an apology in 67 newspapers, asserting it had the utmost respect for the court and their mistakes would not be repeated.
After the court’s order, Patanjali published another apology in newspapers, which was bigger than the previous apology.
Prior to that, Ramdev and Balkrishna had tendered an “unconditional and unqualified apology” before the top court over advertisements issued by the firm, making high claims about the efficiency of its products like Coronil during the pandemic.
The top court had directed Patanjali to stop advertisements of its products that it claimed to treat ailments and disorders specified in the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954, in November 2023, during the hearing of a plea filed by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) seeking action against Ramdev for criticising modern medicine.