The Supreme Court on Monday declined to interfere with a Delhi High Court order that had dismissed actor Jacqueline Fernandez’s plea to quash an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) in the ₹200 crore money laundering case linked to alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar.

A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih told senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, who appeared for Fernandez, “We will not interfere at this stage.” Fernandez had moved the apex court through advocate Sumeer Sodhi, challenging the High Court’s July 3 order that rejected her petition to set aside the ECIR registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

The actor has been named as an accused in the money laundering case and has already appeared before the ED for questioning. The case started from a Delhi Police complaint against Sukesh Chandrasekhar, who has been accused of duping the spouses of former Ranbaxy promoters, Shivinder Singh and Malvinder Singh, of ₹200 crore.
Sukesh Chandrasekhar and his wife were arrested by the Delhi Police, and the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) was applied to the case. The police claimed that they used hawala routes and shell companies to hide money made from crime.

In November 2022, a Delhi Court granted bail to actor Jacqueline Fernandez in the ₹200 crore money laundering case linked to Sukesh. Additional Sessions Judge Shailender Malik allowed her bail on a bond of ₹2 lakh.
According to the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Sukesh spent money from illegal activities to buy expensive gifts for actresses, including Fernandez.

The Delhi Police Special Cell filed an FIR against Chandrasekhar, Fernandez, and others under several charges, including impersonating a public servant, extortion, cheating, criminal intimidation, criminal conspiracy under the Indian Penal Code, and cheating by impersonation using a computer under the IT Act.