New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has scheduled a hearing for Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez's plea to challenge the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) charge sheet in a money laundering case. The court will hear final arguments on September 18, 2024.
Fernandez is seeking to quash the Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) dated August 8, 2021, and the second supplementary charge sheet from August 17, 2022, filed by the ED. The case involves an alleged Rs 200 crore extortion scheme linked to Sukesh Chandrasekar.
Justice Anish Dayal, who is overseeing the case, has instructed both parties to submit concise arguments. The Special Counsel for the ED was not present during the latest proceedings, but the court noted that all pleadings have been completed.
Senior advocate Siddharth Agrawal, representing Fernandez alongside advocates Prashant Patil and Shakti Pandey, has requested that additional documents be considered, arguing they are crucial for resolving key legal issues. The High Court has permitted the filing of these documents, pending their relevance and admissibility.
Earlier, Agrawal had highlighted three legal points he believes should be resolved by a Constitutional Court rather than a Trial Court, although the matter is currently under discussion at the Trial Court regarding charge arguments.
Jacqueline Fernandez, implicated in the money laundering case, is alleged to have been involved in a scheme that extorted Rs 200 crores from Aditi Singh. Sukesh Chandrasekar is also accused in both the extortion and money laundering cases.
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