SC’s rebuke to Ramdev not about ayurveda vs modern medicine. It’s about who’s ready for scientific scrutiny
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SC’s rebuke to Ramdev not about ayurveda vs modern medicine. It’s about who’s ready for scientific scrutiny

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50 word edit | ThePrint team

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SC’s fitting rebuke to Ramdev not about ayurveda vs so-called allopathy, which is a pejorative term. There is modern and traditional medicine, both must plant their feet in science, always ready for scrutiny. Patanjali hasn’t been pushing ayurveda — it was a smokescreen to conceal its ambitions of making money.

SC overruling its verdict on DMRC saved Delhi and central exchequer from an unjust burden

Supreme Court overruling its verdict on DMRC undid a twisting of the system. It also saved Delhi and central exchequers from an unjust Rs 8,000 crore burden. It’s not often SC overturns its own judgments based on curative petitions. It should now reassess the efficacy of court interventions in business.