Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) today sent a letter to the chief justice demanding that the authorities concerned take necessary steps so that no misunderstanding forms between the bar and bench (court) and their relationship is not damaged.

The letter has been sent to Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain after lawyers -- Syed Sayedul Haque Suman and Ishrat Hasan -- faced "discourteous behaviour" during hearing of a writ petition before a High Court bench on November 8.

The SCBA leaders in the letter said that one or two benches sometimes undermine the lawyers during hearing of cases which is undignified.

On November 8, the HC bench of Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore and Justice Mohammad Ullah issued a contempt of court rule against the two lawyers for allegedly posting derogatory comments about the judiciary on Facebook.

At the same time, the HC summoned the two to appear before it in person on November 16 to place their explanations on this issue.