The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked Patanjali Ayurved how it can call other chyawanprash products as "dhokha", which means "fraud" and deception.

The high court said yoga guru Ramdev's Patanjali needs to consider using any other word in its advertisements and while comparison between his product and that of others is allowed, disparaging other products is not permitted.

The court reserved its order on a plea by Dabur India seeking interim injunction against Patanjali's "disparaging" advertisement.

"You can claim that you are the best but you cannot call others 'dhokha' which, in the English dictionary means fraud and deception," Justice Tejas Karia said.

The counsel for Patanjali claimed that by the word 'dhokha', Ramdev means 'ordinary'.

"I am saying all others are 'sadharan' - or

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