Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility cannot be closed down only for want of prior environmental clearance: Supreme Court

The Court, therefore, upheld a 2017 decision of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) which had dismissed a plea seeking closure of a common bio-medical waste treatment facility in Karnataka.
Justices Indira Banerjee, JK Maheshwari, NGT and SC
Justices Indira Banerjee, JK Maheshwari, NGT and SC
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The Supreme Court on Thursday held that operation of a bio-medical waste treatment facility is in the interest of prevention of environmental pollution and that closure of such a facility only on the ground of want of prior environmental clearance (EC) would be against public interest [D Swamy vs KSPCB].

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