CHAIRMAN CUM MANAGING DIRECTOR, ENNORE PORT TRUST(PRESENTLY KNOWN AS KAMARAJAR PORT LIMITED) vs V. MANOHARAN AND ORS.

The Supreme Court addressed the appeals concerning the regularization of workers employed at Chennai Port Trust, stemming from a writ petition filed in 1987. The Court emphasized that the relationship between the workers and the Port Trust was not one of employer-employee, as the workers were engaged by a contractor. The Court upheld the High Court's decision to direct the Port Trust to comply with the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) established in 1995, which outlined the conditions for the workers' engagement and regularization.