This story is from October 26, 2021

Plea against Ramdev by doctors’ body can’t be thrown out: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court on Monday said that prima facie, a suit filed by several doctors’ associations against yoga guru Ramdev for allegedly spreading misinformation against allopathy amid Covid-19 pandemic deserves consideration and cannot be “thrown out” at the first stage.
Plea against Ramdev by doctors’ body can’t be thrown out: Delhi HC
It is alleged that Ramdev was misleading and misrepresenting to the public at large that allopathy was responsible for the deaths of several people infected by Covid-19.
NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court on Monday said that prima facie, a suit filed by several doctors’ associations against yoga guru Ramdev for allegedly spreading misinformation against allopathy amid Covid-19 pandemic deserves consideration and cannot be “thrown out” at the first stage.
Justice C Hari Shankar said at the present stage, it only needs “to see if allegations in the complaint make out a case to be entertained”.
“The allegations may be right or maybe wrong. He may say he did not say any such thing... It needs to be looked into,” said the judge.
“Prime facie, it appears that the present suit can’t be thrown out at the threshold without granting leave to institute the suit,” said the court, which had earlier sought Ramdev’s stand on the institution of the proceeding.
The court listed the matter on October 27 to enable the counsel for Ramdev to make his submissions.
Three resident doctors’ association of All India Institute of Medical Sciences at Rishikesh, Patna and Bhubaneshwar as well as Association of Resident Doctors, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh; Union of Resident Doctors of Punjab (URDP); Resident Doctors' Association, Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College, Meerut, and Telangana Junior Doctors’ Association, Hyderabad, had moved the high court earlier this year.
They alleged that Ramdev was misleading and misrepresenting to the public at large that allopathy was responsible for the deaths of several people infected by Covid-19.
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