The Bar Council's decision to call an extraordinary general meeting ( EGM) to discuss the recent promotion of judges must not be viewed as possible contempt of court, said senior lawyers contacted today.

Last week, council chairperson Kuthubul Zaman Bukhari ( left ) confirmed that members of the Bar would be discussing the recent promotions in an EGM on Oct 4. He was also confident that there would be no serious objections to the meet.

Former Bar Council chairperson Param Cumaraswamy disagreed that the move to call for the EGM could run foul of the ruling made in the 1999 case of K Raja Segaran v Bar Council, when it was held that public discussion on the judiciary was contemptuous and unconstitutional.