Today, On 22nd September, The Supreme Court refused to intervene in the Delhi High Court’s decision dismissing Jacqueline Fernandez’s plea to quash the ECIR. The case involves alleged money laundering of Rs.200 crore linked to conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar.
The Supreme Court declined to intervene in a Delhi High Court ruling that dismissed actor Jacqueline Fernandez’s request to quash the Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) related to a Rs.200 crore money laundering case involving the alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar.
A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih stated to senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, representing Fernandez,
“We will not interfere at this stage,”
The plea, filed by advocate Sumeer Sodhi, challenges the high court’s July 3 decision, which rejected Fernandez’s petition to annul the ECIR in the money laundering matter.
Earlier, Actor Jacqueline Fernandez has now moved the Supreme Court of India, challenging the order of the Delhi High Court that refused to cancel the Rs 215-crore money laundering case connected to alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar
The matter dates back to July 3, when the Delhi High Court dismissed Fernandez’s petition where she had sought cancellation of the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) case against her.
The ED, however, has formally named the actor as a co-accused in the Rs 215-crore money laundering case involving Sukesh Chandrashekhar.
According to the chargesheet filed by the agency on August 17, 2022, Fernandez allegedly accepted high-value gifts such as jewellery, luxury clothes, cars and other items worth around Rs 7 crore.
Case Title: JACQUELINE FERNANDEZ vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT