In a step aimed at improving the criminal justice system and making its manual uniform across the country, Supreme Court has asked all the States and High Courts to come up with suggestions to arrive at a general consensus on the need to amend criminal manuals.<br/>'<br/>In a step aimed at improving the criminal justice system, the Apex Court decided to take up the matter on its own while hearing a criminal appeal related to a case in Kerala. <br/>'<br/>A bench comprising Justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao passed the order when senior counsel R Basant, appearing for one of the parties in the appeal, referred to certain common inadequacies and deficiencies in the course of trials adopted by the trial courts while disposing of criminal cases. <br/>'<br/>The Apex Court noted that the senior counsel has suggested that in the interest of better administration of criminal justice and to bring about uniform best practices across the country the court may consider issue of certain general guidelines to be followed across the board by all criminal courts in the country.