spirituality and religion for a newspaper called The
Mint. She got the inspiration for this book from her
work there. Priyanka interviewed more than 52 people
while researching this book, which included Acharya
Balkrishna, who is the Managing Director of Patanjali
and owns 94% of the company‘s shares. You might
know that this book has been banned with effect from
11th August 2017 and so the book is not available
anywhere. A District Court in Delhi heard a petition
from Baba Ramdev‘s legal team and issued a notice to
the book‘s publisher Juggernaut Books ordering them
to immediately cease the publication of the book.
Baba Ramdev undertook this action because he
believes the book is defamatory to him. Before
watching this video please understand that the views
expressed in it are of the book‘s author and our
channel has no relation with the said views. Come, let
us understand the summary of the book. Baba Ramdev
was born Ramakrishna Yadav in a village called
Saiyad Alipur in the state of Haryana. His family was
very poor and his father was a farmer…‖
27.
The video does give a history of Plaintiff No. 1, as paraphrased from
the book. There are various insinuations and allegations made against the
Plaintiffs including the business of Plaintiff No.2. Various unverified
allegations are also contained in the video. Allegations have also been made
against the Plaintiffs in respect of monetary irregularities. There are
insinuations that the Plaintiff is connected with the three deaths. The video
concludes by saying:
“So friends this was a summary of Baba Ramdev‘s
biography ―Godman to Tycoon.‖ I will reiterate that
our channel does not have any relation to the views
expressed in the book and the contents of the video are
entirely based on the research and views of the book‘s
Author.‖
CS (OS) 27/2019
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