Srinagar, Feb. 11 -- The Supreme Court on Monday slammed several states, including Delhi, Andhra Pradesh and J&K, summoning their chief secretaries over the "failure" to act against illegal advertisements of Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani drugs.
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said there was hardly any implementation of its orders.
The bench directed the chief secretaries to appear in court through video-conferencing to explain why these states were non-compliant.
Senior advocate Shadan Farasat, appearing as an amicus curiae, submitted most states accepted an apology and took undertakings while acquitting violators.
"As rightly submitted by the amicus curiae, the issue of illegal advertisements of Ayurvedic, Siddha or Unan...