<h5>Who has issued a ban on Patanjali medicine ads?</h5><p>The Supreme Court (SC) of India recently passed an interim order banning Patanjali Ayurved's ads for its medicinal products. The SC judges have said that Patanjali has fooled people by falsely claiming that its medicines can cure particular diseases, like diabetes, blood pressure, etc., even though there is no evidence to support it.</p><p>The SC has ordered that Patanjali cannot advertise or promote any of its medical items that claim to heal diseases covered by the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act. Furthermore, the Court directed Patanjali not to comment negatively regarding other types of medicine.</p><p>In November 2023, the SC ordered Patanjali to stop its false and misleading advertisements immediately and threatened to impose huge fines per false claim made in each advertisement. However, Patanjali didn’t stop the ads. The SC has criticised Patanjali's founders, Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna, regarding this issue.</p><p>The court had first proposed banning all Patanjali advertisements. However, the company's lawyer said Patanjali also sells toothpaste and other non-medicinal items. So, a complete ban would harm its business. The court then ruled that only advertisements claiming to treat specific diseases would be banned. The SC has also criticised the central government.</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/patanjali-medicine-ads-banned%2FPatanjali%20Ad.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=5a397d84-a347-4b99-a523-1efc23c3c3a3"><figcaption>A medicine ad by Patanjali Ayurved. Photo by Patanjali Ayurved</figcaption></figure><h5>What has the Supreme Court said to the central government?</h5><p>The SC has criticised the central government for failing to take action against Patanjali's misleading and false advertisements claiming to cure numerous diseases despite a petition filed on the subject in 2022.</p><p>The SC has also expressed dissatisfaction with the central government and questioned what actions the Ministry of Ayush has taken since the petition was filed. The court has issued all these orders while hearing a petition.</p><h5>Who had filed the petition?</h5><p>The petition was filed by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) in 2022. The IMA filed the petition to regulate misleading and negative advertisements aimed at the vaccination effort and modern medicines. The IMA also accused Patanjali of promoting false information on COVID-19 vaccination and modern medication.</p>

The ban was issued by the Supreme Court following hearings of a petition filed a few years ago.

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