As per the case facts, the appeal was filed under Section 22 of the National Green Tribunal Act 2010, challenging an order by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that dismissed ... an application for the closure of a Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility. The appellant sought closure due to alleged non-compliance with the Environmental Impact Assessment Notification 2006. The question arose whether the Bio-Medical Waste Treatment facility, operating with consent to operate, could be closed solely for the want of a prior Environmental Clearance and whether such closure would be against public interest. Finally, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, holding that the NGT rightly found that the facility, operating with requisite consent, could not be closed simply for want of prior environmental clearance, as closing such a facility would be against public interest.