Abdul Kalam didn't give assent because of a few controversial points: In July 2009,[5] the bill was re-introduced in the state legislature without the changes suggested by the President, but it failed to pass.
The bill was successful in its fourth attempt when President Kovind gave his assent on 7 November 2019, almost 16 years after it was first introduced.
The new law is formulated to deal with terrorism and organised crime such as contract killing, ponzi schemes, the narcotics trade, extortion rackets, cybercrime, land-grabbing and human trafficking.
According to state Ministry, the new law has a provision that allows up to life imprisonment for cases involving the crimes listed above.
In 2008, a second attempt was made at getting the presidential nod, but President Pratibha Patil sent it back over the confession provisions.