New Delhi: Delhi High court issued a notice to Yoga guru Ramdev on Wednesday, on the filing of lawsuit by Delhi Medical Associations against Ramdev on the allegations made against the Allopathy medicines.

The DMA had sought a token damage of Re 1 over the statement and an unconditional apology. The Court advised the DMA to file a petition instead of the lawsuit. The Court rejected the request by the DMA to restrain Ramdev from directly or indirectly publishing offending material. You people should be spending time on finding cure for the pandemic instead of wasting Court’s time, amid a heated exchange of arguments, said the Court to DMA.

But the DMA registered a strong objection against the comments, he is calling doctors names. He is saying this science Allopathy is fake; Ramdev is falsely representing Coronil as a cure for Covid – 19 with zero per cent death rate. Even the Government has asked him not to advertise it. In the meantime, he has sold ₹ 250 crore worth of Coronil developed by Ramdev-promoted Patanjali Ayurveda, Coronil claims to boost immunity.

The Court said to the DMA, one cannot file a lawsuit on an opinion of one person even if we assume what he is saying is wrong or misleading.  Instead of a lawsuit you file a PIL. Expressing the opinion on a particular subject will not come into purview of lawsuit; it will come under PIL, the court said in a sharp retort. The court also questioned the DMA over not submitting the video clips of Ramdev’s speeches, and instead, relying on web links.

Ramdev doesn’t have faith in Allopathy. He believes everything can be cured by Yoga and Ayurveda. He may be right or wrong but this court can’t say Coronil is a cure or not. It has to be done by medical experts. Though his words like ‘stupid science’ may be temperate but that can’t be a cause for a suit, the High Court underlined.

Let’s say 10,000 people bought Coronil and 9,500 died. You go to media and say that Coronil has killed 95 per cent. In that case, Ramdev will file a suit against you? Allopathy has worked for some and not for some. It’s a view the Court stressed. The High Court rejected to issue interim orders to restrain Ramdev Baba and said it will issue a notice him.