Can’t let public be taken for ride: SC

Updated On: 24 April, 2024 07:38 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies

Urges action from both government and the medical authorities, highlighting the need to protect public from deceptive practices

Yoga guru Ramdev and his aide Balkrishna. File pics

“We can’t let the public be taken for a ride,” the Supreme Court said on Tuesday while asking the Centre and state licensing authorities to “activate” themselves to deal with misleading advertisements. While questioning the Centre over an August 2023 letter by the Ministry of Ayush asking the licensing authorities not to initiate or take any action under rule 170 of Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945, the apex court also pulled up the Indian Medical Association (IMA) about the alleged unethical acts of its members in prescribing highly expensive medicines for valuable consideration.

Baba Ramdev performing yoga