NEW DELHI, June 11 -- The hearing Jacqueline Fernandez had waited eleven days for ended almost before it began. When her plea against the framing of money laundering charges came up before the Supreme Court on Thursday, Justice P.K. Mishra recused himself from the case, and the actor's last challenge before a full trial went back into the queue.

The judge's reason was brief and personal. My son appeared for the government, he said in court, according to ANI and legal news outlets LawChakra and Verdictum that reported the exchange. With that, the plea was withdrawn from the bench and will be listed before a different combination of judges. No fresh date had been announced by Thursday evening.

Fernandez moved the Supreme Court this week a...