Krantikari Suraksha Rakshak ... vs Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. & Ors

The Supreme Court upheld the Bombay High Court's dismissal of writ petitions filed by trade unions challenging the authority of the Maharashtra Security Guard Board under the Maharashtra Private Security Guards (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Act, 1981. The Court affirmed that once security guards are allotted to a principal employer, they become employees of that employer, and the Board does not retain the power to recall or re-allocate them. The ruling emphasized the statutory nature of the Board's role and the established employer-employee relationship between the guards and the principal employers, referencing the precedent set in Vizagapatnam Dock Labour Board v. Stevedores Assn.