The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Patanjali Ayurved founder Ramdev to withdraw his petition seeking clubbing of FIRs filed in Chhattisgarh and Bihar over his remarks against “allopathic” medicines during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The matter was listed before a bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma.
When the case was taken up, counsel appearing for Ramdev submitted that Chhattisgarh authorities had stated in a status report that a closure report had been filed and was pending before the, while the status of the FIR in Bihar was not known.
After hearing this, the bench indicated that it was not inclined to interfere and that it would close the matter. “We are not inclined to interfere. We will close it”, Justice Sundresh said.
The Counsel then sought permission to withdraw the petition, which the court allowed.
On September 9, 2025, the Supreme Court had been informed that a closure report had been filed in the Chhattisgarh FIR. During that hearing, the bench had observed that the prayer for clubbing of FIRs did not survive since only the Bihar FIR remained pending.
Senior Advocate Siddharth Dave for Ramdev had expressed concern about the possibility of reopening if a protest petition was filed and had suggested that the status of the Bihar FIR be ascertained before disposal. Today, the petitioner’s counsel highlighted that the status of Bihar FIR was still not known, but the Court was not inclined to interfere.
The petition related to multiple FIRs registered over a video in which Ramdev criticised modern medical treatment for Covid-19. Ramdev had approached the Supreme Court seeking quashing or clubbing of the FIRs and protection against coercive action.
Case no. – Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 265 of 2021
Case Title – Swami Ram Dev v. Union of India & Ors.