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The Supreme Court is scheduled to perceive connected Thursday (June 11, 2026) a plea filed by histrion Jacqueline Fernandez challenging a Delhi court’s determination to framework charges against her successful a ₹200-crore wealth laundering case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekar.
A Bench of Justices P.K. Mishra and A.S. Chandurkar agreed to perceive the substance aft counsel for the histrion mentioned the plea connected Tuesday (June 9, 2026) and sought its urgent listing.
The petition has been filed against a May 30 bid of a Delhi tribunal directing the framing of charges against Ms. Fernandez successful a lawsuit investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) nether the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma had observed that a prima facie lawsuit was made retired to complaint her with the offence of wealth laundering nether the law.
Appearing for the actor, advocator Rameeza Hakim pointed retired that portion Ms. Fernandez was a prosecution witnesser successful the scheduled offence, she had been named arsenic an accused successful the corresponding PMLA case.
Agreeing to database the matter, the Bench said, “We volition station the substance the time aft tomorrow.”
Earlier, the histrion had withdrawn a plea seeking to crook approver successful the lawsuit aft the ED opposed the request. An approver is an accused oregon accomplice who agrees to assistance the prosecution and attest against the different accused successful speech for pardon nether Section 306 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
However, the bureau accused her of remaining successful “regular contact” with Mr. Chandrashekhar adjacent aft becoming alert of his transgression antecedents.
“This accordant enactment done galore modes of connection and receipt of benefits negate immoderate assertion of being an ‘unwitting victim’ arsenic underlined by the applicant successful the contiguous exertion and alternatively highlights her conscious relation with the main perpetrator and the illicit gains,” the ED had said successful its plea.
On June 3, charges were formally framed against Mr. Chandrashekhar, Ms. Fernandez and others, pursuing which the proceedings commenced.
The ED lawsuit arises retired of an extortion lawsuit registered by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police successful August 2022 against Mr. Chandrashekhar for allegedly cheating and extorting wealth from Aditi Singh, the woman of erstwhile Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Singh.
The prosecution has alleged that Mr. Chandrashekhar generated proceeds of transgression successful excess of ₹200 crore done alleged acts of extortion, cheating, impersonation and transgression intimidation, and subsequently utilized a web of associates to conceal and transmission the funds portion portraying them arsenic morganatic assets.
The predicate offence was investigated by the Delhi Police, which arrested Mr. Chandrashekhar successful 2017. The ED subsequently initiated a parallel probe into the alleged laundering of the proceeds of transgression and took him into custody successful 2021.
Opposing the framing of charges against her, the histrion has claimed earlier the tribunal that she herself was a unfortunate of the modus operandi utilized by Mr. Chandrashekhar and questioned wherefore different likewise placed victims person not been proceeded against nether the PMLA. She accused the bureau of adopting a “pick-and-choose” argumentation against her.
