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In yet another stern order the Supreme Court has granted one-week time to yoga guru Ramdev, his aide Balkrishna and Patanjali Ayurved to issue a public apology in the misleading advertisements case, but said it was not letting them ‘off the hook’ now.
Both Ramdev and Balkrishna were present during the hearing and personally tendered an unqualified apology to the apex court.
A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah took note of their apologies, but made it clear that at this stage it has not decided to ‘let them off the hook’.
According to report by news agency PTI, Ramdev, who also interacted with the bench, said he had no intention to show disrespect to the court in any manner.
However, the bench told Balkrishna that they (Patanjali) are not so innocent that they didn’t know what the top court had said in its earlier orders in the case.
“I am willing to give a public apology,” senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Ramdev and Balkrishna, told the bench at the outset.
The apex court asked Ramdev and Balkrishna, both of whom were present in the court, to come forward for an interaction with the bench.
“They should feel they have a connect with the court,” the bench said.
The apex court has now posted the matter for further hearing on April 23.
