The Delhi High Court directed yoga guru Ramdev on Monday to take down certain “offending” social media posts in relation to the use of “Coronil” for COVID-19.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani said he was “allowing” a plea moved by several doctors’ associations against Ramdev.
“There are directions for taking down of some of the offending posts and content. There are directions to the defendant to take down those set of tweets in three days,” the judge said.
If the direction is not complied with, microblogging platform X (earlier Twitter) will take down the content, the court added.
A copy of the order is awaited.
The plea forms a part of a 2021 lawsuit filed by the doctors’ associations against Ramdev, his associate Acharya Balkrishna as well as Patanjali Ayurveda.
Justice Bhambhani had reserved the order on the issue on May 21 after hearing the parties.
According to the lawsuit, Ramdev had made “unsubstantiated claims” with respect to “Coronil” being a cure for COVID-19, contrary to the licence granted to the drug for merely being an “immuno-booster”.