In Brief
Eagle Continental Foods Pvt Ltd challenged an interim order by the National Green Tribunal that sealed its slaughter house. The Supreme Court upheld the NGT's interim order but found that the appellant, having obtained permission from the State Board under the Water Pollution Act, 1974, should first be heard by that statutory authority. The Court directed the State Board to hear the appellant within one week, with notice to the complainant. The State Board's decision would be binding but subject to the NGT's final determination in the pending matter.
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