India, Dec. 7 -- Yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his company Patanjali have courted another controversy after a sample of their ghee failed quality-control testing.

Following the test failure, the company is now facing substantial penalties imposed by a local court in Uttarakhand. Both state and national laboratories confirmed irregularities in the sample, classifying it as adulterated, which led authorities to impose a cumulative fine of more than Rs 1.40 lakh on the manufacturer, distributor, and retailer involved.

However, Patanjali has strongly refuted the findings. According to the company, the case filed under the Food Safety Act and the subsequent court order are "incorrect" and "legally unsustainable". Patanjali has claimed that the r...