As many as 14 products that the Supreme Court has banned Patanjali Ayurved from selling are still on the shelves.

India’s Supreme Court has ordered Patanjali Ayurved to demonstrate that it has stopped selling and advertising 14 products banned by the Uttarakhand state licensing department in April. According to a Hindustan Times report, the store owners; The apex court is seeking to uphold the company’s claim that all advertising outlets and social media platforms have been informed.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, HT reporters were in New Delhi. Lucknow We visited Patanjali stores in four major cities – Patna and Dehradun – and found that most of these banned products were available for purchase on the shelves. Reporters received receipts for each transaction, according to the report. Some stores do not include all 14 products. But the employees who manage those shops assure that they will be able to buy within a week. 14 products were found in at least one store.

The Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Hima Kohli, issued the order with fresh show cause notices issued on July 8 to Patanjali Ayurved, stating that the procedural ban was lifted on April 15 in a notification to the court by the Uttarakhand government. This proves that the sale and advertising of these products has been discontinued. Patanjali’s lawyer said the company has not yet received any formal communication about the withdrawal and remains bound by the Supreme Court’s order. The court ordered the intervenors to file an affidavit on whether to accept the claim and withdraw the 14 Ayurvedic formulas.

Patanjali’s lawyers have filed an affidavit verifying whether they have followed the apex court’s directives and withdrawn 14 Ayurvedic medicines. The affidavit is scheduled to be heard on July 30 and must be submitted within two weeks. Advocate Gautam Talukdar, appearing for Patanjali in the Supreme Court, said, “The order lifting the suspension imposed by the Uttarakhand government has not been contacted. Until now, Patanjali has been required to suspend 14 products imposed by the Uttarakhand State Licensing Authority until Patanjali gets a formal communication to it through an affidavit filed by the state in the Supreme Court. 15″

HT reported that its reporters visited various Patanjali stores. At 6.15pm, a Patanjali store in New Delhi’s New Friends Colony stocked seven of the 14 products, unaware that the shopkeeper had revoked the licences. He told HT that these products are widely sold and restocked every two weeks. “We have been selling the drugs for over a year. The other (7) are also available in our stores, but the sales have been low for a few days. The drugs will arrive next week,” he said.

About an hour later, a Patanjali store east of Kailash had nine of the 14 banned medicines, but was unaware of the ban. “We have customers from east of Kailash, GK, Jangpura, Panchsheel Park, Green Park and other places. They buy our medicines regularly. Most of the customers are old men or middle-aged couples,” he said.

Near Dak Bungalow roundabout. At Patna’s Lok Nayak Bhawan, Ashish Keshri of Paragati Patanjali said the company had not been notified to stop selling its Ayurvedic products. “During the Lok Sabha elections, the supply chain was temporarily disrupted for 10 days. If Patanjali products were banned, they would not be in the supply chain and they would not be sold,” Keshri said. HT reports that its correspondents procured 13 out of 14 products (one out of stock). ₹3.215.

At 7:30 pm on July 9, HT procured 14 medicines at Patanjali Arogya Kendra in Lucknow’s Hazratganj. ₹3,370. The shopkeeper said, “These medicines are available in bulk. I can give you more than 10 packets of all of them.”

HT representatives also visited two Patanjali stores in Dehradun. At Dev Enterprises on Raipur Road, they managed to buy 13 of the 14 discontinued products. He was initially reluctant to issue the bill. The shopkeeper finally did so after getting an explanation from his supplier. “There was confusion about these products and there were fake reports about the fake ban. A clarification came out from Patanjali and everything cleared up. The media ban is not real,” he said.

A second store at New Chauhan Arogya Kendra near IT Park on Sahastradhara Road also has medicines available. “Discontinuing these drugs is a rumor. The shopkeeper said it was a conspiracy by modern medicine companies because people were switching to Ayurveda.

The 14 banned Patanjali products are: Swasari Gold; Swasari Vati, Bronchom, Swasari Pravahi, Swasari Avaleh, Mukta Vati Extra Power, Lipidom, BP Grit Madhugrit, Madhunashini Vati Extra Power, Livamrit Advance, Livogrit, Patjaan Gold, Drop it.