Ramdev in SC crosshairs as bench orders his presence

THE Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Yoga guru Baba Ramdev and Patanjali Ayurved managing director Acharya Balkrishna to appear before it during the next hearing as the company failed to file its reply to an earlier notice on violating an undertaking on misleading advertisements and hauling it up for contempt of court.

- SUCHITRA KALYAN MOHANTY

Senior lawyer Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Patanjali and Ramdev, strongly objected to the observations and remarks by the bench. "How does Ramdev come into the picture in the case, he asked. Rohatgi " claimed that the violation of the law (by the contemnors) was not contempt of court and