SC allows lawyer to deposit Rs 25 Lakh for migrants' travel from Mumbai

The Supreme Court allowed the lawyer and petitioner to pay Rs. 25 lakh so that individuals from Uttar Pradesh who are stranded in Mumbai can return home.
Mumbai High Court advocate, Sagheer Ahmed Khan, had requested the court to direct the central and state governments to make safe travel arrangements so migrants stranded here can return to UP districts of Basti and Sant Kabir Nagar, which is also his home town.
He further sought a direction that such officer appointed at the district, sub-divisional and tehsil level ought to undertake all formalities on behalf of migrant workers.
Mr Khan had also offered to deposit Rs. 25 lakh towards this.
The court directed Khan to deposit the money with the SC Registry as petitioner was apprehensive to pay in PM CARES Fund.