Overview

• A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih is scheduled to hear the petition on Monday.
• Fernandez seeks dismissal of the Rs 215-crore PMLA case tied to alleged fraud by Sukesh Chandrashekhar.
• The Delhi High Court on July 3 declined to quash the proceedings, saying issues raised must be tested at trial.
• The ED’s August 17, 2022 chargesheet alleges she received gifts worth about Rs 7 crore and later deleted phone data while initially concealing transactions.
• Investigators have attached assets reported at roughly Rs 7.2 crore, as Fernandez denies wrongdoing and asserts lack of knowledge of Chandrashekhar’s criminal background.