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Give suggestions to improve criminal justice system: SC to states, HCs

Press Trust of India, New Delhi | By, New Delhi
Feb 20, 2018 09:17 PM IST

The court was told that the states and high courts to file their responses along with suggestions by March 16 on the need to amend criminal manuals to bring about uniform best practices across the country and improve the criminal justice system.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked all states, Union territories and the high courts to file their responses along with suggestions by March 16 on the need to amend criminal manuals to bring about uniform best practices across the country and improve the criminal justice system.

The Supreme Court had last year decided to take up the matter on its own while hearing a criminal appeal related to a case in Kerala.(HT Photo)
The Supreme Court had last year decided to take up the matter on its own while hearing a criminal appeal related to a case in Kerala.(HT Photo)

A bench comprising Justices SA Bobde and L Nageswara Rao said the responses and suggestions be handed over to senior advocate R Basant, who is assisting the court as an amicus curiae in the matter, to enable him convene a meeting with all the parties and formulate a draft proposal, which would be dealt with by the top court.

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The bench said the draft proposal should be submitted to the court by April 16.

During the hearing, the bench observed that the issue before it was “completely non-adverserial” and all the parties should sit together and deliberate upon it.

The court was told that the states and high courts, which have not yet filed their responses and suggestions, could furnish them by March 16 so that the amicus could prepare the draft proposal.

The apex court had last year decided to take up the matter on its own while hearing a criminal appeal related to a case in Kerala.

The court had passed the order after Basant, appearing for one of the parties in the appeal, had referred to “certain common inadequacies and deficiencies in the course of trials adopted by the trial courts while disposing of criminal cases”.

Giving details of the specific issues flagged by the senior lawyer, the apex court had noted that he has highlighted several issues.

These included the “pernicious practice of the Trial Judge leaving the recording of deposition to the clerk concerned and recording of evidence going on in more than one case in the same court room at the same time, ... has to be disapproved strongly and discontinued forthwith”.

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