New Delhi, May 12 -- The Supreme Court on Monday urged high courts across the country to consider constituting grievance redressal committees at the high court, district and taluka levels to resolve tensions between the Bar and the Bench amicably, days after a controversial courtroom exchange in the Andhra Pradesh high court involving a young lawyer triggered widespread outrage in legal circles. A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the direction while closing suo motu proceedings initiated on the basis of representations made by the Bar Council of India and the Supreme Court Bar Association over the incident involving justice Tarlada Rajasekhar Rao of the Andhra Pradesh high court. The controversy arose from proceedings on May 5 during the hearing of a petition challenging a look-out circular and impounding of a passport, where the judge rebuked a young advocate appearing in the matter. A clip of the courtroom exchange later circulated widely on social media, showing the lawyer apologising repeatedly with folded hands, pleading: "Sorry. I am begging for your grace, your lordships." At one stage, the judge was heard saying: "Have I decided to dismiss your writ petition?... Are you thinking you are a great senior advocate?...Call the police. You go and file appeal." The court had also orally directed that the advocate be taken into custody for 24 hours, although the direction was not enforced after intervention by members of the high court Bar. Taking note of the episode, the apex court said that institutional mechanisms were necessary to ensure that issues arising between judges and lawyers are addressed in a timely and cordial manner. "We deem it apt to impress upon high courts to constitute grievance redressal committees which must associate members of Bar Councils and Bar Associations. Such committees be constituted at district and taluka level also. Such mechanism will ensure that issues that may arise between members of the Bar and judiciary are amicably and effectively, timely resolved," said the bench....