‘Patanjali’s Divya Dant Manjan Contains Non-veg Ingredients Despite Being Labelled As Vegetarian’; Plea Filed In Delhi High Court
The petition has been filed by advocate Yatin Sharma who claims that the product's packaging features a green dot.
New Delhi: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev and Patanjali’s Divya Pharmacy had been issued notices on Friday, 30 August 2024 by ability of the Delhi Excessive Courtroom in conserving with a petition alleging that the herbal tooth powder Divya Dant Manjan involves non-vegetarian substances, regardless of the truth that being labelled as vegetarian.
The petition has been filed by ability of advocate Yatin Sharma who claims that the product’s packaging capabilities a inexperienced dot, in many cases used to signify vegetarian items, even simply because the ingredient directions involves Sepia officinalis (long-structured cuttlefish).
The case is scheduled for further hearing on November 28.
The petition highlighted that “Divya Dant Manjan,” a product manufactured by ability of Divya Pharmacy, is prominently displayed and for sale on the official Patanjali Net page and the product is marked with a selected inexperienced dot, which symbolizes its claimed vegetarian nature.
It talked about that the petitioner and their domestic, who have been long-time purchasers of “Divya Dant Manjan” ensuing from its advertising as a vegetarian and plant-based Ayurvedic product, for the time being made up our minds that the product involves “Samudraphen (Sepia officinalis),” which is derived from cuttlefish bone. This revelation is surprisingly distressing for the petitioner and their domestic, who come from a Brahmin heritage where the consumption of non-vegetarian substances is precisely in opposition to their devout beliefs and sentiments.
The realization they'd been unwittingly consuming a non-vegetarian ingredient for an prolonged period deeply hurt and shocked the petitioner and their domestic, the petition outlined.
The petition underscored the judge for judicial intervention to focus on the lapse by ability of the respondents linked to the manufacturing and advertising of “Divya Dant Manjan,” which allegedly involves non-vegetarian substances.
The plea further talked about that Baba Ramdev admitted in a YouTube video that “Samudra fen,” used all by ability of the product, is animal-based, regardless of the truth that the product being marketed as vegetarian with a inexperienced dot on its packaging. The petitioner sought redressal for the distress accordingly of the unintentional consumption of a non-vegetarian product and harassed the magnitude of transparency and adherence to non secular beliefs.
“The gravity and effectiveness of the courtroom’s order are seriously questioned on this depend, highlighting the judge for urgent judicial intervention. The energy brush off for the courtroom’s directives calls for decisive circulation to ensure compliance and uphold the integrity of the prison laptop,” the plea talked about.
(With ANI inputs)
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