New Delhi (Sputnik): Indian Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev-linked Patanjali Ayurved, which officially launched an Ayurvedic medicine and allegedly claimed that it was a cure for COVID-19, has made a U-turn and called it an immunity booster. The firm is now selling the medicine “Coronil” in Pantanjali’s megastores.
An Indian court has restrained the Ayurvedic company Pantanjali Ayurved from using their immunity booster’s name “Coronil” in an order over alleged trademark infringement and slapped a fine of INR one million ($13,345).
The court has ordered the Patanjali and the Divya Yog Mandir Trust to submit a fine of INR 500,000 ($6,674) each to the plaintiff companies Adyar Cancer Institute and the Government Yoga and Naturopathy Medical College and Hospital by 21 August.
A Chennai-based industrial equipment cleaning firm filed a civil suit and obtained the injunction. However, Patanjali filed a plea in the Madras High Court to vacate the injunction, restraining the company from using the brand name “Coronil” for tablets.
The plaintiff company also accused Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev, associated with Patanjali, of making a false claim that Coronil tablets were a cure for COVID-19.
Sourse: sputniknews.com
