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    The Supreme Court had some tough questions for the centre Tuesday as it continued a marathon hearing into misleading advertisements by Baba Ramdev‘s Patanjali Ayurved, including those for Coronil, a preparation touted as a “cure” for COVID-19. Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah wanted to know why the government had omitted Rule 170 from the Drugs and Magical Remedies Act, or DMR, which prohibits advertising of medicines as products with “magical” abilities.

    Rule 170 had been inserted in the DMR in 2018 to check claims made by companies, including Patanjali, selling ayurvedic preparations. In September last year, however, the AYUSH Ministry made a surprising U-turn, based on a special technical board’s inputs, and recommended its omission.

    Specifically, Rule 170 required companies making Ayurvedic, Siddha, and Unani medicinal preparations to obtain clearances from the state licensing authority before running advertisements.

    The irate Supreme Court – which over the past weeks has grilled Ramdev and Patanjali co-founder Acharya Balakrishna over the size and substance of apologies for running misleading ads – wanted to know why the centre backtracked and noted “it looks like authorities were busy looking at revenue”.

    “AYUSH Ministry issued a letter to all states regarding Rule 170… and now you want to withdraw (it)? Minister of State submitted in Parliament that you have taken steps against such ads… and now you say Rule 170 will not be given effect to?” the court asked the centre. “Can you put on hold exercise of a law when it is in power? Is it not colorable exercise of power and violation of law?”

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    “You (the centre) decided to change your stand. The rule was for running ads by you… and now (you) say the ad need not be cross-checked?” Justice Kohli said sharply, observing to the petitioner – the Indian Medical Association – “… you should have impleaded the Consumer Affairs Ministry (too)”.

    “It looks like the authorities were very busy looking at the revenue.”

    The court also referred to a moment where one of Patanjali’s advertisement featured on a TV news channel even as the anchor was reporting on the trial. “What a situation!” Justice Amanullah declared, as his colleague pointed to recent concerns over the safety of popular FMCG products asked, “You (the centre) identified fault-lines and told states… but what did you do on your own?”

    “The centre should also tell us about steps regarding other FMCGs…” Justice Amanullah said.

    The court’s observations on this point came after Hong Kong and Singapore authorities red-flagged the presence of ethylene oxide – a cancer-causing compound – in four products from two globally popular spice brands, Everest and MDH. The centre has now ordered testing of all such products.

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    Earlier this month Nestle, the world’s largest consumer goods firm, was found to have added excess sugar in baby food products, which is a violation of international guidelines aimed at preventing obesity and chronic diseases. These violations were found only in Asian, African, and LatAm nations.

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    The Supreme Court, meanwhile, didn’t just cast its net over the centre, but also questioned the original petitioner – the Indian Medical Association – over potential laxity in standards for ads for allopathic medical products. “Point out what the advertising (standards) council did to counter such ads and the members who endorsed such products. We are (now) not looking at respondents alone… we are looking at children, babies, women. No one can be taken for a ride…”

    “We are asking questions to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting as co=respondents. State licensing authorities across the country will also be added as parties and they too need to answer certain questions…” the court said sternly.

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