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The Court further asked the Union Government to find a viable solution for tackling the problem and listed the matter for the next hearing on 5-02-2024.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The instant petition was filed by the Indian Medical Association raising concerns over &#8216;continuous systematic and unabated spread of misinformation&#8217; vide Patanjali&#8217;s misleading advertisements against allopathy and modern system of medicines, making false claims about curing certain diseases.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><b>Source:<\/b> Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">Supreme Court commented that it did not aim at making the instant matter a debate on &#8216;Allopathy v. 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