The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) sought Delhi Police’s stand on a petition by a close aide of alleged fraudster Sukesh Chandrasekhar, challenging the framing of charges against her in a ₹200 crore extortion case.
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Justice Madhu Jain issued notice to Delhi Police on Ms Irani’s revision petition assailing the trial court order and granted two weeks to the investigating agency to file its response.
Ms Irani’s counsel argued that she has been wrongly charged in the case, asserting that there was no basis to sustain the MCOCA provisions against her. He submitted that MCOCA could be invoked when there is an involvement in an IPC offence, which was admittedly not the case here. MCOCA, or the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999, is a law enacted to combat organised crime syndicates and terrorism.
Delhi Police’s senior counsel opposed the petition and sought time to file response.
The police’s charge sheet has alleged that Ms Irani used to portray Mr Chandrasekhar as a business tycoon and was instrumental in facilitating his meetings with certain Bollywood personalities.
Mr Chandrasekhar, who is currently in jail, is accused of cheating many people, including high-profile individuals such as former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh’s wife Aditi Singh.
The high court had granted bail to Ms Irani in the case on October 20, 2023.
