In the early twentieth century there was an outflow of skilled and unskilled workers in India for employment purposes. The Indians going abroad seeking for avenues of employment, in the beginning got good response and were well accepted but with the increase of persons going abroad for employment, the treatment given to them started deteriorating. The workers were ill treated and made to do more work than ordinary person is supposed to do. They were exploited by the recruiting agents as well as their employers abroad. To mitigate the problems and to regulate the emigration of skilled and unskilled workers, the emigration Act 1922 (7 of 1923) was enacted by the British government in India. It was enacted to meet the requirements prevailing during that time. In the seventies of the century, the flow of skilled and unskilled workers seeking employment abroad had a tremendous jump and the subject of emigration had become a matter of increasing concern for both government and the public in general. The government had initiated system of registration of recruiting agents and laid down certain minimum terms and conditions of service on which emigration of different categories of workers was to be allowed. The Supreme Court of India in a case in March 1979 laid down four basic conditions according to which emigration of Indian workers was to be regulated until the passage of a new legislation. The new legislation cannot be enacted until July 1979 and in august 1979 the Supreme Court reiterated the need for the new legislation. To consolidate and amend the law relating to emigration of citizens of India the Emigration Bill was introduced in the Parliament.