Delhi High Court Restrains Patanjali Ayurved From Running Ads Allegedly Disparaging To Dabur's Chyavanprash Product

The Delhi High Court on Thursday restrained Patanjali Ayurved from running advertisements allegedly disparaging to Dabur's Chyavanprash product.

Justice Mini Pushkarna allowed the interim applications filed by Dabur India Limited against the advertisements ran by Patanjali.

“Applications are allowed,” the Court said while pronouncing the order. A detailed order is awaited.

The suit is now listed before the roster bench on July 14.

Dabur moved two interim injunction pleas in the suit. Summons were issued in the suit in December last year. In the second injunction application, Dabur alleged that after issuance of summons, Patanjali ran 6,182 advertisements against its product in one week.

Senior Advocate Sandeep Sethi appearing for Dabur submitted that Patanjali, in the advertisements, claimed that its product was made using more than 51 herbs whereas only 47 herbs were used.

Sethi said that Patanjali was using mercury in the product which is not fit for consumption of children.

It was also submitted that Patanjali's advertisement specifically refers to Dabur's product made with using 40 herbs as “ordinary.”

He had also said that there was disparagement carried out by Patanjali by calling Dabur as ordinary as if to show that the former was the only one who follows the books and not the latter.

On the other hand, Senior Advocate Jayant Mehta appeared for Patanjali and denied the submissions made by Sethi.

Mehta had said that all the ingredients used in Patanjali's product were as per prescribed formula and fit for human consumption.

Title: Dabur India Limited v. Patanjali Ayurved