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HC restrains Patanjali from airing TV ads disparaging Dabur Chyawanprash
Justice Mini Pushkarna allowed the interim applications filed by Dabur India. A detailed order copy is awaited. The matter has now been listed for 14 July.
Dabur moved two interim injunction applications in the suit in which summons were issued in December last year. In the second injunction application, Dabur alleged that after the issuance of summons, Patanjali ran 6,182 advertisements against its product in one week.
Patanjali Ayurved has also claimed that its product contains 51 herbs, compared to Dabur's 40, and allegedly suggested that Chyawanprash sold by other brands contains mercury. Dabur has denied such claims, alleging that Patanjali's advertisement specifically refers to Dabur's product made with 40 herbs as 'ordinary.' It also said that Patanjali was disparaging their brand by calling Dabur ordinary.
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