Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Fined Rs 11 Lakh for ‘Misleading’ Ads

The company has been asked to pay the fine within a month.

Patanjali Ayurved has been slapped with a Rs 11 lakh fine for misbranding. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter/@AnthonySald)

A local court in Haridwar has slapped five production units of Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved with a fine of Rs 11 lakh for "misbranding and putting up misleading advertisements" of their products.

ADM Lalit Narayan Mishra's court has asked the company to pay the fine within a month.

Patanjali Ayurved was found guilty of misbranding. The court said that the products being shown by the company as being produced at its own units were in fact manufactured somewhere else.

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The products failed quality tests at Rudrapur laboratory. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter/@switchtohealth)

A case was filed in the court against the company in 2012 by the District Food Safety Department after samples of mustard oil, salt, pineapple jam, besan and honey produced by Patanjali failed quality tests at Rudrapur laboratory.

The products were found to be in violation of sections 52-53 of Food Security norms and section 23.1 (5) of Food safety and Standard (packaging and labelling) regulation.

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