Public Interest Litigation Against Amway and its camouflaged advertisements

An N.G.O. by name 'Corporate Frauds Watch Society' has filed a Public Interest Litigation against the Amway and its camouflaged advertisement in the Hon'ble High Court of A.P. vide WP No.11381 of 2009 with a request to stop campaigning its camouflaged advertisements till the disposal of a criminal case pending in the Nampalli Criminal Courts vide CC No.125 of 2008 in Cr.No.10/2006 U/s.420,385 IPC and Sec.4,5 and 6 r/w 2(c), 3 of The Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, 1978 of C.I.D. P.S., Hyderabad, A.P.
High Court of AP website for case status:http://hc.ap.nic.in/pls/lobis/caseno

Indian Express : 03/07/2009

A division bench comprising Chief Justice Anil RDave and Justice Ramesh Ranganathan of the High Court on Thursday refused to issue notices to media houses for carrying advertisements of AmwayThe bench was dealing with a petition filed by a voluntary organisation, Corporate Frauds WatchThe petitioner asked the court to direct the government to stop Amway from doing its business which it alleged was “illegal” in nature. The court issued notices to the CID and Amway asking them to explain their behaviourThe petitioner told the court that Amway was releasing several advertisements in both print and electronic media despite a clear judgement from the AP High Court and later from the Supreme Court to ban its business.

Link: http://www.dc-epaper.com/DC/DCH/2009/07/03/ArticleHtmls/03_07_2009_004_009.shtml