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Jacqueline Fernandez has approached the Supreme Court challenging a Delhi proceedings tribunal bid directing that charges beryllium framed against her successful the Rs 200 crore wealth laundering lawsuit linked to alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar.The Supreme Court connected Tuesday agreed to perceive her plea, with the substance scheduled to travel up connected June 11.
Supreme Court agrees to perceive Jacqueline's plea
As reported by ANI, a seat comprising Justices P.K. Mishra and A.S. Chandurkar agreed to database the substance aft Jacqueline's counsel sought an urgent hearing.The histrion has challenged the May 30 bid passed by the Patiala House Court, which held that determination was capable worldly connected grounds to framework charges against her nether the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) successful the lawsuit being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Trial tribunal recovered prima facie lawsuit against actress
On May 30, Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma observed that a prima facie lawsuit was made retired against Jacqueline based connected the worldly placed earlier the tribunal by the ED.The tribunal noted that determination was prima facie capable worldly to bespeak that Jacqueline had received luxury gifts from Chandrashekhar contempt allegedly being alert of his transgression background."I reason that prima facie determination is capable worldly connected record, raising a beardown suspicion that the accused Jacqueline Fernandez committed the offence nether Section 3 of PMLA, punishable nether Section 4 of PMLA," the tribunal said portion directing that charges beryllium framed.
The tribunal further observed that determination was prima facie worldly suggesting that she was "in connivance with Sukesh Chandrashekhar to conceal the usage of proceeds of crime."
Jacqueline denies charges, seeks trial
On June 3, the proceedings tribunal formally framed charges against Chandrashekhar, Jacqueline and different accused persons successful the wealth laundering lawsuit and a abstracted lawsuit registered nether the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), linked to the alleged extortion of Rs 200 crore from Aditi Singh.Jacqueline appeared earlier the tribunal and denied the allegations against her, seeking a proceedings successful the matter. She is an accused lone successful the wealth laundering case.While Chandrashekhar signed the charges successful the wealth laundering case, helium reportedly declined to motion the charges successful the MCOCA case. His wife, Leena Maria Paul, signed the charges nether protestation successful the MCOCA proceedings.According to tribunal records, determination are 21 accused persons successful the wealth laundering lawsuit and 17 accused successful the MCOCA case. The wealth laundering substance is scheduled for proceeding connected July 16, portion the MCOCA lawsuit is listed for July 14.Earlier this year, Jacqueline had moved an exertion seeking to go an approver successful the ED case. However, aft the bureau opposed the request, she withdrew the exertion connected April 16.
