How big is today's Patanjali apology in newspapers after Supreme Court rap?

A day after the Supreme Court criticised Patanjali Ayurved over the size of its unconditional apology for its false claims and smear campaign against allopathic medicine, the company has made amends..Today's apology published in The Indian Express is significantly larger than the one earlier printed in newspapers - described by the Court as "microscopic".The apology is printed in fag end of the newspaper, in the Sports section..The apology printed in Mid Day is on the front page, as big as the story itself..On Tuesday, the Bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah asked Patanjali whether such apologies were prominent in size to be spotted easily."Was it of the same size as your earlier ads?" Justice Kohli asked."No milord...It costs a lot...Lakhs of rupees," replied Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, representing Patanjali Ayurved's founders, Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna.The Bench ordered that copies of the printed apologies be submitted by Patanjali to the Court for examination."Please cut out the ads and then supply it to us. Do not enlarge them and supply it to us. We want to see the actual size. This is our direction...We want to see that when you issue an (apology) ad, it does not mean we have to see it by a microscope. It is not meant to be on papers, but also read," Justice Kohli said.This aspect was incorporated in the Court's interim order passed on April 23 as well."Counsel for proposed contemnors (Patanjali, Ramdev, Balkrishna) submit that apology was published in newspapers only yesterday which is an unqualified apology. The said ads are not on record. The same has been collated and will be supplied during the day and needful shall be done to supply it to the petitioners," the Court recorded..The Bench was hearing a petition filed by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) against Patanjali and its founders for their disparaging comments on the COVID-19 vaccination drive and modern medicine..The Court had earlier pulled up Patanjali Ayurved on finding that its advertisements were misleading and derogatory to modern medicine.Later, the Court also rebuked Patanjali, its co-founder Baba Ramdev and its Managing Director Acharya Balkrishna over the casual nature of apology affidavits filed before the Court in response to the Bench's censure.During the last hearing, the Court had personally interacted with Ramdev and Balkrishna to gauge the genuineness of their apologies, while making it clear that they were not out of the woods yet..Follow Bar and Bench channel on WhatsAppDownload the Bar and Bench Mobile app for instant access to the latest legal news.