The Supreme Court had come down heavily on the Patanjali founders during the previous hearing last week. It had also pulled up the Uttarakhand government for not acting against the Haridwar-based company. Today during the hearing both Baba Ramdev and his aide Acharya Balkrishna were present and they personally apologised to the SC. The court however made it clear that there apology has not been accepted yet.
This morning, the bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice A Amanullah called the Patanjali founders forward and told them they have made significant contribution to yoga. “We respect what you have done for yoga,” the bench said. The two have said they are ready to offer a public apology. Ramdev said it was never his intention to bring down the prestige of the SC
The court pointed to their “attitude” and questioned why they shot down other systems of medicine to stress the benefits of Ayurveda. Justice Amanullah said that the “law is the same for everybody”. Ramdev replied that he would be careful in the future. We should not have done like that, we will keep this in mind”, Ramdev told top court.
“If you are defending ..you are justifying..it is not done,” SC responds to the Ramdev.
Further, the court has listed the matter for April 23, saying that the petitioners have requested a week’s time to revert.
