Overview
- Fernandez moved the plea on Friday before Special Judge Prashant Sharma at Patiala House Court, which issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate and listed the matter for April 20.
- Her lawyers said a separate request was filed with the ED, which must record her statement and then choose whether to ask the court to grant her pardon.
- In India, an approver is an accused who turns witness for the prosecution in exchange for possible pardon if the court accepts a full and true disclosure.
- The ED has named her as an accused, alleging she took luxury gifts funded by crime proceeds and attaching about ₹7.27 crore of her assets, while she says she was misled and had no knowledge of any illegal source.
- The case stems from allegations that Sukesh Chandrashekhar extorted about ₹200–215 crore from Aditi Singh by posing as top officials, and earlier bids by Fernandez to quash the case were rejected by the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court.