Allopathy remarks: Delhi HC gives green signal to suit against Ramdev

A suit under Section 91 of the Code of Civil Procedure alleging public nuisance or other wrongful act, affecting or likely to affect the public, can be instituted only by an Advocate General or with leave from a court.

The court said that the only issue involved at this stage is whether the plaintiff should be allowed to institute the suit or not. “From the parts of the clips which have been shown, there is definitely a case for the institution of the suit,” it added.

Senior advocate Rajiv Nayar, representing Ramdev, did not oppose the issuance of summons after hearing the observations of the court. Nayar, however, objected to allegations made against his client in the suit and submitted that it does not disclose any case for grant of any of the relief sought. The court, in the order, later said that it has not expressed any opinion on the merits regarding the allegations in the suit.

The resident doctors’ association of AIIMS, Rishikesh, and other unions have alleged in the suit that Ramdev was misleading the public by claiming that allopathy was responsible for the deaths of several people infected by Covid, and insinuating that allopathic doctors were causing deaths of thousands of patients.